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Strip of cotton with lace embroidery featuring openwork concentric circles
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Strip of natural-colored cotton with lace embroidery: English embroidery. Scallop border with large scallops above which two staggered rows of concentric circles, built up from three ever-increasing circles and in the center a daisy. The bottom row additionally has an extra circle on the outside consisting of small daisies. The other circles are built up from openwork small and larger circles. Along the scallop border runs a continuous frame of openwork circles. Along one of the short sides a scallop strip is sewn with smaller scallops.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineStrook katoen met kantborduurwerk met opengewerkte concentrische cirkels. c. 1860 - c. 1880. C.I. Bosch Reitz-Teding van Berkhout. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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