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Insert of bobbin lace with openwork ovals in trapezium-shaped waves
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Insert of natural-colored bobbin lace, Valenciennes lace. Running along the center line of the strip is a wavy band with flattened wave tops and bottoms creating trapezoidal spaces, within which always one loose and worked oval. The motifs are connected by a mesh ground, a diamond-shaped Valenciennes ground. The motifs are made in linen stitch with worked edges and in the ovals a worked and decorated center. The top and bottom edges of the strip are finished straight.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineTussenzetsel kloskant met opengewerkte ovalen in trapeziumvormende golven. c. 1900 - c. 1929. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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