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Furniture decoration of machine-made lace with gimp on long pointed scallops
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Furniture decoration of machine-made lace with gimp on long pointed scallops

anonymous · c. 1900 · reticella (machinaal); punto in aria (machinaal); chemical lace; machine lace; jet (coal); cotton (textile)

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

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Furniture decoration of natural-colored machine-made lace: etching lace. The lace imitates needle lace: reticella and punto in aria. Hanging from a rectangular strip are three scallop shells, with in the center a rosette in a standing oval medallion and at the point a black button of gimp or imitation of gimp.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineMeubelversiering van machinale kant met gitten aan lange puntschulpen. c. 1900. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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