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Strip of bobbin lace with coral vines
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace: old Flemish lace with plaited ground. The repeating but seemingly chaotic pattern consists of three rows of continuous coral vines with S-shaped and C-shaped motifs with a round knob at each end. The motifs are made in linen stitch with openwork edges and are connected by a plaited ground, where the plaiting almost forms a regular mesh ground. The top and bottom of the strip are finished straight, the bottom side provided with picots.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineStrook kloskant met koraalranken. c. 1675 - c. 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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