Trim of linen with a front piece of needle lace with the coat of arms of Belgium, Demolition of natural colored linen with a front piece of parts made in needle lace and parts made in bobbin lace. Inside a reticella frame (needle side) of squares with rosettes and semi-oval shaped shells with half rosettes on the outside, the crowned coat of arms of Belgium and the text 'l'union fait la force' - unity makes power - the national weapons saying. On the weapon a climbing lion and two lions looking away as shields. In a decorative border above and below the midfield, the year 1914 is linked and repeated on a lattice base (bobbin lace). The same lattice soil comes back in two panels next to the midfield, with open-worked drop-shaped fields (mixed side: bobbin lace with some needle-edging grounds). The demolition was donated by Belgian refugees to the doctor G.H. de Jong and his wife, both of whom were active for the relief committee in Amsterdam, beasts of prey, predatory animals, crown (symbol of sovereignty), armorial bearing, heraldry, anonymous, Brussels (possibly), c. 1914 - c. 1918, linen (material), bobbin lace, h 50 cm × w 72 cm h 41 cm × w 62 cm
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