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Garter of white linen woven with blue and red silk and metal thread, with the inscription in the middle SI ME AMAS COMO DICES - LOS DOS SOMOS FELICES
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Garter of white linen woven with blue and red floss silk and metal thread, with a central cut-out inscription: SI ME AMAS COMO DICES - LOS DOS SOMOS FELICES. Model: tapered at the ends. Decoration: narrow red lines woven along the selvages in a linen weave with plain binding; interspersed with metal thread, and in the center front, a band woven in gold thread and blue silk in satin weave, with the inscription SI ME AMAS COMO DICES - LOS DOS SOMOS FELICES (If you love me as you say, we two are happy) cut out in white.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineKousenband van wit linnen geweven met blauwe en rode vloszijde en metaaldraad, waarin in het midden is uitgespaard SI ME AMAS COMO DICES - LOS DOS SOMOS FELICES. c. 1785 - c. 1815. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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