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Japanese strip appliqué lace with palm tree
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Japanese strip appliqué lace with palm tree

anonymous · c. 1840 · application lace; linen (material)

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

About this work

Japanese strip of natural-colored appliqué lace, bobbin lace with some details in needle lace applied on machine-made tulle. The ground is evenly filled with a running pattern of palm trees, leaning to the left, starting with a trunk and a fan-shaped crown, then splitting into several trunks and smaller crowns. From the latter spring various branches, decorated among others with arrow-shaped leaves, hanging deep down to the left and right, while here and there garlands are hung in their volutes. Between two trunks always grows a low flowering plant, starting with a fine leaf rosette. The scallops are formed by winding lace strips and feathered leaves.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
strip
Credit lineJaponstrook applicatiekant met palmboom. c. 1840. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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