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Strip of needle lace with high and broadly spreading split flower branches
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Strip of natural-coloured needle lace: Alençon lace. Pattern with high and wide spreading split flower branches on a fine hexagonal mesh ground. One of the three branches always forms a half oval along the lower edge, which is filled with alternating ornamental grounds. The underside is finished with a picotted shell border, originating from a pattern of lying leaves and flowers and some small spaces filled with ornamental grounds. The upper side is finished with a bobbin lace border.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineStrook naaldkant met hoog en breed uitlopende gespleten bloemtakken. c. 1750 - c. 1775. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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