Reticule of ecru-colored knitted cotton decorated with blue, green and red beads, including a band with flowers and branches and a blue star on the underside
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Reticule of ecru-colored knitted cotton, in an elongated shape that ends in a round point. The bag is built up from four horizontal motifs of approximately 6 centimeters wide. At the bottom an eight-pointed star of blue beads with in each indentation a single flower and branch. Around the star a double border of red beads, within which two bands of single, blue beads, between which a continuous band of green leaves. Then a strip with double leaves and red flower buds, alternated with small blue flowers. The upper band is a fine-mesh pattern of dots of single, blue beads. By means of two ecru-colored braided cotton cords, which are threaded through openings along the top, the reticule can be closed. The bag is unlined.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description