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Strip of needle lace with a compound scrolling pattern
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Strip of natural-coloured needle lace: Venetian relief lace. Composed of two strips sewn together with a different pattern. The left part consists of a pattern with elongated vines with flowers, on an open ground with picoted spangles. The right part consists of a finer and more closed pattern of flowers on a spangle ground with wheel picots. This part of the strip has the shape of a cap flap with picot edge.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineStrook naaldkant met samengesteld rankenpatroon. c. 1675 - c. 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
