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Strip of needle lace with feather-shaped and plume-shaped leaves and flowers
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Strip of natural-colored needle lace: Argentan lace. Pattern with feather-shaped and plume-shaped leaves. A recurring motif is always two large leaves placed in a V-shape, between them stand smaller flowers and leaves, the V-shape stands alternately upright or hangs down. The motifs are connected by a hexagonal ground with scalloped meshes: an Argentan ground. The shell edge along the lower side comes from the pattern and is finished with picots. The upper side of the strip is straight finished with a bobbin lace band.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineStrook naaldkant met veervormige en pluimvormige bladeren en bloemen. c. 1700 - c. 1724. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.