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Collar of mixed lace with bouquets and insects
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Collar of natural-colored mixed lace: needle lace - Brussels gauze lace - combined with a drawn-work drochel ground. The pattern has loose bouquets with insects and scrolling openwork bands on a drawn-work ground. The band motif is partly in scallops of needle lace and spiders of bobbin lace. Motifs with contour threads.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineKraag van gemengde kant met boeketten en insecten. c. 1725 - c. 1749. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.