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Ball glove of white velvet, decorated with embroidered palmette flowers with vines
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
White velvet glove. Pump with pointed toe and medium-height straight heel, hollowed at the back. Embroidery of red and yellow silk and silver thread depicting palmette flowers with vines, symmetrically placed on the toes. The heel is covered in velvet.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineBalschoen van wit fluweel, versierd met geborduurde palmetbloemen met ranken. in or before 1890. Manfield. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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