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Strip of needle lace with winding branch
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Strip of natural-colored needle lace: Alençon lace. Pattern with a winding, continuous branch with small oval and round flowers on a fine hexagonal mesh ground with some scatter flowers. The bottom of the pattern consists of two fan-shaped figures with a small flower or an oval at the bottom. The fans and ovals are filled with various decorative stitches. The upper side is finished with a straight edge. The underside is finished with a scalloped edge derived from the pattern.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineStrook naaldkant met slingerende tak. c. 1790 - c. 1799. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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