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Handkerchief of needle lace with a crowned W in embroidery
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Handkerchief with a border of natural-colored needle lace, Brussels gauze lace. Around a cross-shaped batiste center with an embroidered W runs a wide border of very fine lace. On the corners and the middle of the sides stands a bunch of poppies, which on the upper side is framed by small C-scrolls and on the lower side transitions into the shells of the border. There are intermediate shells in shell shape with a border of ovals with star filling. The mesh net is filled with fine swirls and knots, some of which are arranged in quadrille.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineZakdoek van naaldkant met gekroonde W in borduurwerk. c. 1900. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.