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Strip of bobbin lace with diamond and fan-shaped shells
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Strip of natural-coloured bobbin lace, strop lace. The repeating pattern consists on the middle band of a diamond. Between the successive diamonds always hangs a fan-shaped shell downwards, with an openwork vertical band. The diamonds are connected along the upper side by a coarse mesh ground, a Paris ground. The diamonds are made in net stitch and the fans in linen stitch. The upper side of the strip is finished straight. The shells are finished with picots.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineStrook kloskant met ruit en waaiervormige schulpen. c. 1800 - c. 1899. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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