Kantpatroon voor een kleed van kloskant met goudenregentakken en -bloemen c. 1912

Louise Wilhelmina van der Meulen-Nulle made this lace pattern for a dress with golden rain branches and flowers, a study in rhythm and repetition. Look at the way she’s orchestrated these botanical forms, like musical notes on a staff, the negative space is just as important as the positive. The drawing feels very precise, and the repetition of the little dots that make up the design give it a kind of hypnotic quality. The ink outlines are so delicate, they almost seem to vibrate against the ground. I love how she’s broken up the larger forms of the leaves with these clusters of tiny dots, it's like a language, each mark carrying a coded message. You know, in a way, this reminds me of Hilma af Klint’s botanical studies, the way she transformed natural forms into abstract diagrams of the cosmos. Art is an ongoing conversation. Each generation borrowing, stealing, and riffing off what came before. It’s never really about answers, but about embracing ambiguity.