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Strip of machine-made lace with black ground and natural-colored motifs
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Strip of machine-made lace with black ground and natural-colored motifs

anonymous · c. 1910 - c. 1915 · traliegrond (machinaal); blonde (machinaal); machine lace; silk

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

About this work

Strip of multi-coloured machine-made lace: machine-made blonde. Black ground and natural-coloured motifs. The strip is presumably intended for or used on a bodice. The repeating pattern consists of a curved branch with two openwork flowers with a wreath of half-moon-shaped petals. The branch starts with a bend at the bottom edge of the strip and bends back with a large arch where it ends with one of the flowers. The other flower starts halfway along the branch and is directed diagonally upwards. A large openwork leaf or reserve lies under the branch along the bottom edge of the strip where it forms the scalloped edge. The motifs are connected above the flowers by a hexagonal machine-made trellis ground and below the flowers by a diamond-shaped machine-made trellis ground. In the motifs decorative grounds are applied, including a machine-made rose ground and a coarse irregular trellis ground. The top edge of the strip is finished straight.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineStrook machinale kant met zwarte grond en naturelkleurige motieven. c. 1910 - c. 1915. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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