Journal des Demoiselles (publ.)

Scalloped black doily embroidered in gold and red

Journal des Demoiselles, 1, Boulevart des Italiens

Embossed pattern on cream cardboard. A doily with sixteen scallops, covered by fourfold netted red threads secured with stitches in gold thread and beads or knotted stitches at each corner of the net. The center is an eight-pointed star with a double red circle inside , beaded borders and star and circle embroideries.

From the collection of Marleen van Horssen, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.

A-MH103

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NB220

Embroidery

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