Dress of needle lace with palmettes and woven diamond, Dress of natural colored needle lace: Venetian embossed lace. Square model with a four-sided, hollow scalloped linen center piece. A lace pane has been placed in the center of the linen. There is a border around the linen that is made up of an inner frame with broken meanders. The corner motif is the same for each corner and consists of a teardrop-shaped cartouche with a palette inside. The ground is divided in two into a Parisian ground with clovers at the top and a lawn underneath. In the latter there is a symmetrical pattern of diamond-shaped openwork medallions with side vines topped by a flower between two leaves. The leaves, the side vines and a series of flowers and tendrils in the scallop edge stand loose in three closed streamers. The motifs are made in linen and provided with contour threads. A rose soil was used as an ornamental soil. The upper side of the strip is finished with a separately clotted strap. The ground is divided in two into a Parisian ground with clovers at the top and a lawn underneath. In the latter there is a symmetrical pattern of diamond-shaped openwork medallions with side vines topped by a flower between two leaves. The leaves, the side vines and a series of flowers and tendrils in the scallop edge stand loose in three closed streamers. The motifs are made in linen and provided with contour threads. A rose soil was used as an ornamental soil., anonymous, Italy (possibly), c. 1900, linen (material), Venetian raised work, h 18 cm × w 18 cm
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