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Strip of needle lace with suns surrounded by an ornamental border with angular curling lines forming small rectangles
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Strip of needle lace with suns surrounded by an ornamental border with angular curling lines forming small rectangles

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1799 · naaldkant; Tenerife lace; sun lace; 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 sun lace (needle lace): Tenerife lace. The repeating pattern consists of a square field containing a 'sun': a circular center from which bundled threads form the sun rays. Narrow concentric decorative borders surround the center, becoming wider towards the outside. Halfway, a border with angular curling lines stands out, forming a series of rectangular motifs. In the outer decorative border, a series of dots. In the square field, in each corner outside the circle, three small circles, the middle one forming a sun, with a dot at the end of each sun ray. The top side of the strip is finished with a narrow linen band with an openwork edge. The strip shows two and a half suns.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
strip
Credit lineStrook naaldkant met zonnen waarom een sierlijst met hoekig omkrullende lijnen die rechthoekjes vormen. c. 1700 - c. 1799. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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