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Vest of modesty in needle lace with deeply cut crown leaves
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Vest or modesty piece of natural-colored needle lace: Venetian relief lace. A semicircular neck shape is cut out from a rectangle. Fine and very branched vines carry feathered leaf scrolls and palmette flowers with deeply cut crown leaves. Many reliefs are still thickened by transverse C-shaped relief details. Bar ground.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineVest of modestie van naaldkant met diep ingesneden kroonbladeren. c. 1800 - c. 1899. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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