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

This is Louise Wilhelmina van der Meulen-Nulle's 'Lace Pattern for a Dress of Bobbin Lace with Golden Rain Branches and Flowers' in pen and ink. I am fascinated by these kinds of drawings. I mean, this isn’t just a picture; it's a pattern, a set of instructions. It shows us how the artist has looked closely at the forms of flowers and leaves and then translated them into a design. I can imagine Louise at her desk, carefully sketching out these golden rain branches, each dot and line a guide for the lacemaker’s needle. She's thinking not just about the image, but about the whole process, imagining how these lines will come to life in three dimensions through the meticulous work of the maker. In a way, she’s inviting others into her creative process, and that's really generous of her, you know? It’s like she’s saying, “Here, let’s make something beautiful together.” And that's what art is all about, right?