Strook katoen met kantborduurwerk met opengewerkte concentrische cirkels

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Every hole in this cotton strip was cut and overcast by hand, turning absence itself into ornament. Made in Amsterdam between 1860 and 1880, this broderie anglaise border features layered concentric circles of pierced ovals rising above a field of tiny punched flower motifs, finished with a scalloped lower edge. What makes it exceptional is that the maker's name survives, C.I. Bosch Reitz-Teding van Berkhout, a rare acknowledgment of the meticulous skill that domestic embroidery almost always swallowed without credit.

Written by LinkedCulture for its video on this object. Machine-generated (claude-sonnet-4-6), not yet reviewed by a person. It is not part of the museum’s record.