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Strip of bobbin lace with a plume-shaped flower on a curved stem

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1799 · old Flemish lace; bobbin lace; linen (material)

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

About this work

Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace, old Flemish lace. The repeating pattern consists of a stringing together of curved stems with two plume-shaped flowers, which split off at the end of the stem in opposite directions. The motifs are connected by a latticework ground, a five-hole ground. The motifs are made in linen stitch with openwork edges and a pointed oval-shaped motif is made in net stitch. The top edge is finished straight. The slightly scalloped bottom edge results from the pattern and is finished with picots.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

strip

Credit lineStrook kloskant met pluimvormige bloem aan gebogen steel. c. 1700 - c. 1799. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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