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Scarf of gauze-like fabric with strips of needle lace at the ends
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Scarf of gauze-like fabric with strips of needle lace at the ends

anonymous · c. 1700 · naaldkant; flat Venetian (needle point); linen (material); gauze

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Scarf of a fine natural-colored gauze-like fabric. At both ends a strip of natural-colored needle lace, Venice flat. Lace pattern with richly branched curling vines with small flowers on an irregular open ground with one-sided picoted spindles. Filling with twisted festoon stitches containing various motifs through cutouts. The upper side is edged with a border of bobbin lace. The underside is finished with a straight picot edge with arches. The lace strip is glued onto the scarf.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
scarf
Credit lineSjaal van gaasachtige stof met stroken naaldkant aan uiteindes. c. 1700. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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