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Strip of black machine-made lace with dragonflies
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Strip of black machine-made lace with dragonflies

anonymous · c. 1890 - c. 1899 · tulegrond (machinaal); Chantilly-kant (machinaal); machine lace; cotton (textile)

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

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Strip of black machine lace: machine-made Chantilly lace. The repeating pattern consists of two, almost directly above each other placed, flying dragonflies. The wings of the upper dragonfly are more directed upwards and those of the lower dragonfly sideways. A sparse, split rose branch with some small flowers and leaves originates at the bottom of the strip from a wavy line, which consists of a string of rose branches. Under each wave peak hangs a curved short ornamental band with a square grid. The motifs are provided with contour threads and are connected to each other by a machine-made tulle ground, which is scattered with dots. As an ornamental ground, among others, a machine-made rose ground is applied in the curved ornamental band and in the flower hearts. The curved ornamental band forms the shell edge under the tops of the continuous wavy rose branches, which is finished with picots. The upper side of the strip is cut straight and not finished.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineStrook zwarte machinale kant met libellen. c. 1890 - c. 1899. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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