Apron of lace embroidery on tulle with medallions for a Zaans costume, Apron of natural-colored lace embroidery: Lierse lace or Limerick lace (drumming on machine tulle). Rectangular model with a spreading pattern of twigs. Along the lower edge a broad pattern of a repeating composition with ascending and oblique lines. The partly symmetrical composition consists of three flattened oval flowers or consoles, from which upright thin vines rise. Under the middle console hangs a circular medallion, filled with a diamond pattern and surrounded by a laurel wreath. The other two consoles are
Apron of lace embroidery on tulle with medallions for a Zaans costume, Apron of natural-colored lace embroidery: Lierse lace or Limerick lace (drumming on machine tulle). Rectangular model with a spreading pattern of twigs. Along the lower edge a broad pattern of a repeating composition with ascending and oblique lines. The partly symmetrical composition consists of three flattened oval flowers or consoles, from which upright thin vines rise. Under the middle console hangs a circular medallion, filled with a diamond pattern and surrounded by a laurel wreath. The other two consoles are positioned diagonally below the middle one to which they are connected with a flower vine with rosette flowers. Between the successive compositions a rosette flower is wedged between two loose round medallions. Along the faint scallop edge a pattern of lying pearl necklaces and feathered leaves that enclose round medallions filled with a pattern of oblique lines., anonymous, Lierre (possibly), c. 1800 - c. 1824, silk, l 110 cm × w 97 cm, 23 cm
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