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Strip of bobbin lace with shell on a pedestal
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A wavy branch with feathered leaves and three star-shaped flowers grows from right to left. One of the flowers is directed outwards and forms a small intermediate shell between larger ones, which are built up as a grafted arch or a piped collar with an open lattice filling (needlepoint lace). As a finish of the fine mesh ground (square meshes) runs along the inside a fine border of palmettes, applied as a lace head. Brabant Valenciennes lace.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineStrook kloskant met gegodronneerde schulp. c. 1880. Firma J. Minne-Dansaert. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.