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Scarf of glass batiste with a strip of Mechelen lace around the neck opening
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Scarf of glass batiste with a strip of Mechelen lace around the neck opening

anonymous · c. 1800 - c. 1900 · bobbin lace; Mechlin (lace); kant (materiaal); silk

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

About this work

Slab of glass batiste. The slab is edged with a shell border. Around the neck opening the slab is edged with Mechelen bobbin lace. The lace has a pattern of wildflowers and an openwork border with a mesh ground and is edged with picots.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit lineSlab van glasbatist met rond de halsopening een strook Mechelse kant. c. 1800 - c. 1900. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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