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Handkerchief of bobbin lace with rocailles
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Handkerchief of linen batiste with a border of natural-colored bobbin lace: Lille lace. Square model with rounded linen batiste clothlet in the center. The lace has a symmetrical pattern of coral-shaped branches forming rocailles or cartouches with different grounds including tulle ground, rose ground and in the middle of the sides a mesh filling of small motifs in linen stitch worked into a rose ground.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineZakdoek van kloskant met rocailles. c. 1900 - c. 1949. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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