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Shawl of linen batiste, triangular, embroidered along two sides with garlands of flowers in cotton and open hems of drawn thread and cotton
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Shawl of linen batiste, triangular, embroidered with cotton flower scrolls and open hems of drawn thread work and cotton. Model: finished all around with a small rolled hem. Decoration: in the point a flower built up from stem stitches with a heart of needle lace within a double square of open hems of drawn thread work openings alternated with linen batiste wrapped in cotton threads. To the left and right, the open hems form elongated areas in which cotton flower scrolls are analogous to the flower in the square.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineOmslagdoek van linnenbatist, driehoekig, langs twee zijden geborduurd met bloemslingers van katoen en open zomen van fils tirés en katoen. c. 1800 - c. 1815. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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