Galleria

The Art of Bobbin Lace

Tools and hands work together to braid and twist lengths of threads - from 8 to more than 1,000 - and create complex and beautiful motifs admired by people for centuries

Fries Museum

Strip of 18th century Dutch bobbin lace

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Victoria and Albert Museum

Fan leaf, bobbin lace, designed with blackberries and butterflies, English, 1878. fan mount with a design depicting blackberries and butterflies  Bobbin lace.

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Victoria and Albert Museum

Collar, bobbin lace, made in Honiton, England, 1800s. Collar of Honiton bobbin lace.  Bobbin lace.

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Fries Museum

Breastplate of muslin and bobbin lace, with blue silk lining

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Victoria and Albert Museum

Cap back, bobbin lace, Honiton, England, 1740s.  Bobbin lace worked in linen thread 

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Cap crown, bobbin lace, Flemish, made in Brussels, 1700-1750. Cap crown of Brussels bobbin lace.  Bobbin lace.

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Fries Museum

Linen curtain sheet with needlepoint lace in between, trimmed with early bobbin lace, marked SI

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Victoria and Albert Museum

Cap crown, bobbin lace, Flemish, made in Brussels, 1700-1750. Cap crown of Brussels bobbin lace.  Bobbin lace.

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Victoria and Albert Museum

Apron, bobbin lace, mid 18th century, Brussels. Bobbin lace apron.  Bobbin lace worked in linen thread.

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Zuiderzee Museum

Getamboureerde tule, kant, lange schroot.

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Fries Museum

Flannel cap with hand head and strip of Rijssels bobbin lace with asymmetrical floral motif with feathered leaves

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Victoria and Albert Museum

Man's lace collar, linen edged with bobbin lace, with tassels of knotted linen thread, Honiton, Devon, 1630-1640.   Linen, edged with bobbin lace, with tassels of knotted linen thread.

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Victoria and Albert Museum

Pair of sleeve ruffles of bobbin lace, Brussels, ca. 1700. Pair of sleeve ruffles of white bobbin lace. A symmetrical design consists of vases of flowers within arrangements of patterned leafy rococo scrolls with small flower sprigs. Mesh ground.  Bobbin …

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Victoria and Albert Museum

Lappets, Brussels bobbin lace, made ca.1740, Brussels. Pair of bobbin lace lappets with intact cap band. Formal design of flowers in pots in cartouches formed by twining bands, containing smaller flower pots. Very fine work. Straight edges, curved ends.  …

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Victoria and Albert Museum

Collar, needle lace, made in Alençon, France, 1700-1750. Collar of Alençon bobbin lace.  Bobbin lace.

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Victoria and Albert Museum

Bobbin lace apron, possibly adapted from a furnishing flounce, 1690-1700, Brussels. Apron of bobbin lace, with a slightly shaped top that has possibly been adapted from a furnishing flounce. Only the lower edge is un-altered and there is a join right acro…

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Victoria and Albert Museum

Kerchief, Brussels bobbin lace, made 1730-50, assembled in the 1800's. Wide strip of lace attached to a curved piece of lawn to make a kerchief. It is a composite object, the lace from various different pieces of Brussels bobbin lace skilfully joined …

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Victoria and Albert Museum

Black silk bobbin lace parasol cover, Maltese, ca. 1868. Parasol cover in black silk bobbin lace worked with the inscription God Save the Queen  Silk bobbin lace.

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Kunstmuseum Den Haag

Kabaja van wit katoen met diagonaal ingezette banen kloskant afgewisseld met banen broderie, een baan broderie langs de rand.; Kabaja van wit katoen met broderie en kloskant

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Zuiderzee Museum

Het model van de Urker hul komt overeen met een in de 18de eeuw algemeen gedragen mutsvorm. In de 19de eeuw is de bol nog doorschijnend, daarna is deze van katoen. De aan de strook gaas bevestigde strook Rijsselse kant kan in breedte varieren. Smalle kant…

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Museum Rotterdam

Mutsenbol: witte tule. Het gehele oppervlak is gevuld met dezelfde kleine bloemmotieven. Langs drie zijden een smalle tule bies met een golvend getamboureerd motief. De mutsenbol bestaat uit één stuk. Rondom een strook tule, gerimpeld aan drie zijden. Mid…

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Museum Rotterdam

Mutsenbol: geborduurde fijne witte tule. Naad van bijna middenvoor tot middenachter. Achter een bandje met gaatjes en een lintje. Rondom een strook fijne tule, aan de zijkanten gerimpeld. Aan de tule een strook kloskant met doorlopende draden van het Rijs…

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Vienna Museum

Black silk bobbin lace. Handmade.

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Amsterdam Museum

White collar with V-neck.

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Victoria and Albert Museum

Bobbin lace border worked in linen thread, possibly made Italy or Flanders, 1620-1630.   

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Rijksmuseum

Halve albestrook van naturelkleurige Brabantse kloskant. Rijk genuanceerde lichte kant met een zich herhalend patroon, dat bestaat uit twee soorten symmetrische composities van bloemen, bladeren en architecturale vormen. De ene compositie bestaat uit een …

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