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Needle lace strip with fan flower in arching garlands

anonymous · c. 1875 - c. 1899 · naaldkant; Alençon 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-coloured needle lace: Alençon lace. Pattern with a repeating motif of a flower branch and above it three rows of picots, on a fine hexagonal mesh ground. On the horizontal flower branch a downward-facing fan flower and an upward-facing branch with three rosette flowers. The fan flowers are filled with various ornamental grounds, as are the garlands which form a regular arched border at the lower edge. In each arch one flower branch. The upper side is edged with a border of bobbin lace.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

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strip

Credit lineStrook naaldkant met waaierbloem in bogenslingers. c. 1875 - c. 1899. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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