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Strip of lace fabric with triangles and triangular fringe shells
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Strip of lace fabric with triangles and triangular fringe shells

anonymous · c. 1500 - c. 1649 · kantweefsel; open weefsel; tabby; weaving; linen (material)

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

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Strip of natural-coloured lace weave: open weave in linen weave. The repeating and geometric pattern consists of an equilateral triangle between two slanted rectangular blocks. The successive triangles stand alternately with the point up and down. Shell border with triangular fringe shells. Upper side straight.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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strip
Credit lineStrook kantweefsel met driehoekjes en driehoekige franjeschulpen. c. 1500 - c. 1649. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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