Tussenzetsel van roomwitte machinale kant met patroon van aaneengeschakelde bloemen c. 1925

This machine-made, creamy-white lace, a creation of Gustav Schnitzler, presents a pattern of interconnected flowers. It makes me think about how an artist chooses their tools—thread instead of paint, a machine instead of a brush. I imagine Schnitzler, lost in the hum of the machine, guiding it with a vision in mind. What's so striking here is the contrast between the mechanical process and the delicate, organic pattern. Each little flower, so uniform, yet together they create this flowing, almost wild rhythm. I wonder if Schnitzler thought about bringing the handmade into an industrial world? Lace making, like painting, requires precision and care, where repetition can become a form of meditation. You see these echoes across different art forms, this ongoing conversation across time. It reminds me of how artists are always borrowing, responding, and pushing against what came before, in the end creating something entirely new.