Handkerchief of lace embroidery on batist with the alliance weapon Netherlands-Wurtemberg and the crowned S, Handkerchief of natural colored lace embroidery: work with pulled-out threads and plumetis on batist. A circle of unadorned batist is surrounded by sixteen lobes with work with pulled-out threads and plumetis. In one corner there is a crowned S (for Queen Sophie, first wife of King Willem III) caught in palm branches, and in the opposite corner is the crowned alliance weapon Netherlands-Wurtemberg. The other lobes exhibit a sling, in egg shape that surrounds a very varied ornamental ground with a flower branch. There are eight different ornamental grounds with diamond stitch or goose eye pattern. On the outside the scallops have a concatenation of lobed leaves, armorial bearing, heraldry, Sophia Frederika Mathilda from Württemberg, anonymous, Belgium (possibly), c. 1840, linen (material), embroidering, h 45 cm × w 45 cm
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Handkerchief, lace embroidery, batist, alliance weapon Netherlands-Wurtemberg, crowned S, natural colored lace embroidery, work, pulled-out threads, plumetis, circle, unadorned batist, surrounded, sixteen lobes, corner, Queen Sophie, first wife, King Willem III, caught, palm branches, opposite corner, crowned alliance weapon Netherlands-Wurtemberg, lobes exhibit, sling, egg shape, surrounds, varied ornamental ground, flower branch, eight different ornamental grounds, diamond stitch, goose eye pattern, outside, scallops, concatenation, lobed leaves, armorial bearing, heraldry, Sophia Frederika Mathilda, Württemberg, Belgium, c, 1840, linen, material, embroidering
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