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Strip of bobbin lace with vases and flaming flowers
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Strip of bobbin lace with vases and flaming flowers

anonymous · c. 1800 - c. 1899 · Parijse grond; pot lace; bobbin 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 bobbin lace: pot lace. The repeating and symmetrical pattern consists of two types of vases. Both vases have a foot, middle section, top and handles, but with different shapes and one vase is wider than the other. From the handles of the wider vase a flower in the shape of a flame springs on both sides, with below the stem a smaller and downward bending rosette flower. The motifs are made in linen stitch with openwork edges and openings. The motifs are connected to each other by a Paris ground. In the center of the flaming flowers an ornamental ground is applied, a snowflake ground. All sides of the strip are cut straight and not finished.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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strip
Credit lineStrook kloskant met vazen en vlammende bloemen. c. 1800 - c. 1899. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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