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Strip of bobbin lace with zigzag border and one row of buttonholes in a blue tulle ground
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Strip of bobbin lace with zigzag border and one row of buttonholes in a blue tulle ground

anonymous · c. 1850 · Caen blonde; tulegrond; bobbin lace; silk

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

About this work

Strip of natural-colored and blue bobbin lace: Caen blonde. Along the lower edge of the strip, beneath one row of motifs, runs a zigzag edge of inverted V-motifs. One leg of each V-motif is worked in linen stitch with a thicker shiny contour thread, and the other leg consists only of a contour thread within which an ornamental ground is applied, a rose ground. The trellis ground above in which the motifs are worked is a tulle ground and is worked with a blue thread. The upper side of the strip is straight finished. The shell edge with triangular shells is formed by the zigzag and is finished with picots.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
strip
Credit lineStrook kloskant met zigzag-rand en één rij moesjes in een blauwe tulegrond. c. 1850. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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