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Handkerchief of bobbin lace with the hanging lilies
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Handkerchief of bobbin lace with the hanging lilies

anonymous · c. 1890 - c. 1910 · bobbin lace; kant (techniek); linen (material); batiste; kant (materiaal)

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

About this work

Around a cross-shaped batiste center piece runs a lace border with a ground of ice ground. Two profile bands filled with meshwork, in straight and round parts, frame a fine mesh ground, on which diagonal shells stand. In the corners stands a small rosette between three hanging lilies and a fine scroll. Mechlin lace.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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handkerchief
Credit lineZakdoek van kloskant met de hangende lelies. c. 1890 - c. 1910. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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