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Fichu of linen batiste, triangular, scalloped around the edges and decorated with tambour work and a filler of fils tirés
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Linen batist fichu, triangular, scalloped all around and decorated with tambour work and a filler of fils tirés. Model: triangular, worked on the bias. Decoration: at the point a symmetrical ornament composed of flowers with tamboured leaves and a center of buttonhole stitch, below a border with tamboured scallops filled with buttonhole stitch, under which a border of fils tirés and above the hem a tamboured garland. The scalloped edge is festooned. The rest of the cloth features a straw motif of buttonhole stitch.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineFichu van linnen batist, driehoekig, rondom geschulpt en versierd met tamboereerwerk en een tussenzetsel van fils tirés. c. 1880. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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