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Mending patch of multicoloured silk on cotton mousseline.
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sampler of silk on cotton. The embroidery has between guardian angels a wreath within which the initials DDR, to the left of this NKB and to the right of this EBH, the spies of Canaan, a fruit tree, a rose in a vase, stags, rabbits, peacocks under a crown and a parrot.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineMerklap van veelkleurige zijde op katoenen mousseline.. c. 1770 - c. 1799. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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