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Strip of embroidered linen with open needle lace stitches, originating from a bedsheet and composed of several strips
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Strip of natural-colored embroidered linen with open needle lace stitches: whitework and English embroidery. The wide strip is composed of several narrower strips from a 17th-century bed sheet. The strip is finished on all sides with a narrow crocheted band.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineStrook geborduurd linnen met open naaldkantsteken afkomstig van een beddenlaken en samengesteld uit verschillende stroken. c. 1600 - c. 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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