Boord van gesteven linnen, behorend bij het verpleegstersuniform van een Diacones before 1925

This is a starched linen board, part of a nurse's uniform, made by E.J. Kennedy. It’s so beautiful, simple but exact. Like a painting by Agnes Martin, except softer. The starched linen creates a pristine surface, almost like a blank canvas, yet it also has a tactile, inviting quality. The slight variations in the fabric's texture and the subtle folds and creases suggest the human touch involved in its creation, a kind of making and unmaking. The gentle curve, so unassuming, is really like a study in form; it reminds me that even everyday objects can possess a certain elegance and grace. The linen speaks of care and labor but also of a very specific place and time. Its whiteness is of the Dutch Golden Age, think of the collars in a painting by Rembrandt or Vermeer. These objects hold so much history.