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Collar of machine-made lace with thirteen pointed oval scallops at the bottom and eleven semicircular scallops at the top
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Collar of machine-made lace with thirteen pointed oval scallops at the bottom and eleven semicircular scallops at the top

anonymous · c. 1905 - c. 1910 · chemical lace; machine lace; cotton (textile)

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

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Collar of machine lace: etching lace, imitation crochet. Half-circular model with a shell edge at both the bottom and top. The thirteen pointed oval shells at the bottom of the collar increase in size towards the center. The shells are constructed from five to ten interlocked arches. The arches are thick, like festooned cords, and are connected to each other with picoted spindles. In the central shell stands a star-shaped flower with a rosette as the flower heart. To the left and right, in other shells, stand a rose and a rosette flower with six oval petals. The eleven half-circular shells at the top of the collar are constructed in the same way, but are rounder than the bottom shells. At this shell edge, the central shell is the smallest and contains a rose. In the second-to-last and largest shell in this edge, stands a flower with seven pointed oval leaves on the left and right.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineKraag van machinale kant met dertien spitsovale schulpen onderaan en elf halfcirkelvormige schulpen bovenaan. c. 1905 - c. 1910. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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