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Insert of Bobbin Lace with Carnation and Circular Feathered Leaf
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Insert of natural-colored bobbin lace, Binche lace. The repeating and continuous pattern consists of a diagonally lying carnation on a curved stem with feathered leaves. The leaves form a circle. The motifs are connected by an ornamental ground, a snowflake ground. The motifs are made in linen stitch with openwork edges. The long sides are straight finished. The strip is cut from a linen cloth, along both long sides runs a border of the linen, the stitching is partly loosened.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineTussenzetsel van kloskant met anjer en cirkelvormend gevederd blad. c. 1740 - c. 1760. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.