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Strip of bobbin lace with thistle or cornflower

anonymous · c. 1625 - c. 1649 · Van Dyck-kant; old Flemish lace; bobbin lace; linen (material)

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

About this work

Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace: Old Flemish lace. Semicircular shells with irregular edges with in each shell a symmetrical pattern with a hanging flower, possibly a thistle or cornflower. The motifs are made in linen stitch with openwork edges and cutouts. In the longitudinal axis leaf-shaped shape stitches are applied in cutouts. The motifs are connected to each other by short overlapping pairs, a ground is missing. The top side of the strip is finished straight. The shell edge is finished with picots.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

strip

Credit lineStrook kloskant met distel of korenbloem. c. 1625 - c. 1649. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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