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Strip of needle lace with volute tendrils

anonymous · c. 1675 - c. 1699 · spijlengrond (naaldkant); naaldkant; Venetian raised work; linen (material)

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

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Strip of natural-colored needle lace: Venetian relief lace. On an open spile ground stands a running pattern of broad wavy, branched scroll vines. The scrolls are crowned with ever varied palmette flowers, while the feathered leaves are doubled here and there as an arabesque.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

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strip

Credit lineStrook naaldkant met voluutranken. c. 1675 - c. 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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