Arkivism
Cuff of bobbin lace with relief flowers in squares and a border with suns
Public domain

Cuff of bobbin lace with relief flowers in squares and a border with suns

anonymous · c. 1850 - c. 1899 · vlechtengrond (kloskant); bobbin lace; Cluny lace; linen (material)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Cuff of natural-colored bobbin lace: Cluny lace. This concerns a fine type within the group of Cluny laces. Trapezium model with a V-shaped point at the center on one long side. The symmetrical pattern consists of a decorative border with a row of linked diamonds and in each diamond one relief flower. The border is made in net stitch, the diamonds in linen stitch with openwork edges and contour threads and the relief flowers lie on the linen stitch. Along the short sides and continuing along the V-shaped point is a scalloped edge with suns with rays of picoted braids and decorations in form stitch. One openwork row with such suns stands above the decorative border, which is crowned by a triangular field with three linked diamonds as in the decorative border.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineManchet van kloskant met reliëfbloempjes in ruiten en een rand met zonnetjes. c. 1850 - c. 1899. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

Similar works