Handkerchief of linen with lace embroidery around it with wheels in openwork rectangles and finished with an edge bobbin lace with pointed scallops, Handkerchief of natural-colored linen with openwork edges lace embroidery: cut work or reticella between two narrow strips of work with contracted threads. All around the handkerchief is finished with natural-colored bobbin lace. The carved work has a repeating and symmetrical pattern of a rectangle with an open hexagon with a wheel. The consecutive rectangles are alternated by two superimposed small openwork squares, each with a wheel. The bobbin lace has a repeating pattern of pointed scallops with an asterisk in each scallop and above it an edge with small and larger holes., anonymous, Netherlands (possibly), c. 1580 - c. 1620, geheel, bobbin lace, l 49 cm × w 49 cm w 1.1 cm ×, 4 cm w 1 cm ×, 1 cm
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Handkerchief, linen, lace embroidery, wheels, openwork rectangles, finished, edge bobbin lace, pointed scallops, natural-colored linen, openwork edges lace embroidery, cut work, reticella, two narrow strips, work, contracted threads, handkerchief, natural-colored bobbin lace, carved work, repeating, symmetrical pattern, rectangle, open hexagon, wheel, consecutive rectangles, alternated, two superimposed small openwork squares, bobbin lace, repeating pattern, asterisk, scallop, edge, small, larger holes, Netherlands, c, 1580, 1620, geheel, l 49
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