Tablecloth of linen with a wide border of filet lace with arabesque leaves and lilies
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Linen tablecloth with a wide border of natural-colored lace embroidery, filet lace. Rectangular model with a hem border of straight bands featuring a symmetrical pattern, without corner pattern. The pattern in the cross bands continues, the pattern of the length bands stops there. In both bands are wavy vines with arabesque leaves, with standing in each wave valley and hanging in each wave peak a vertical leaf stem with a lily in the top. Halfway the wave line diagonal branches go out, with a bending back palmette flower and a compound leaf branch attached. On the knotted ground with square meshes the motifs are embroidered with cutwork. Along the outer edge of the lace a narrow border of linen is sewn that is finished with a border of bobbin lace with points.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description