Batist handkerchief with embroidery and a border fils tirés, Batist handkerchief with embroidery including plumetis and shadow work and lace embroidery on the sides: work with pulled-out threads. Square model. The embroidery has a pattern that consists of a graceful interplay of wavy and curling thin branches with many curling side branches. Large exotic flowers with erratic carnation-like petals grow on the tendrils and each horn has a very protruding horn-shaped pistil. The sparingly embroidered leaves on the tendrils are small compared to the flowers. The work with pulled-out threads has a pattern with different lines and at the corners a pattern with small diamonds in a square grid., anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1800 - c. 1849, batiste, embroidering, l 55 cm × w 55 cm
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Batist handkerchief, embroidery, border fils tirés, plumetis, shadow work, lace embroidery, sides, work, pulled-out threads, Square model, pattern, consists, graceful interplay, wavy, curling thin branches, curling side branches, Large exotic flowers, erratic carnation- petals grow, tendrils, horn, protruding horn-shaped pistil, sparingly embroidered leaves, small compared, flowers, different lines, corners, small diamonds, square grid, Netherlands, c, 1800, 1849, batiste, embroidering, l 55
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