Application of bobbin lace in the shape of a butterfly, Application in the form of a butterfly of black bobbin lace: Chantilly lace. The pattern in each of the four wings consists of a branch with one or more rosette flowers and leaves. The motifs are connected by a fine mesh ground, a lawn ground. The motifs are made in net stroke with thicker contour threads. Along the perimeter of the butterfly a wide edge is made in net stroke, with oval-shaped recesses along the upper wings. In the body, decorative ground is applied in width and length stripes, a rose ground. Metal wire was used for the circumference of the upper part of the body and in the feelers., anonymous, Europe, c. 1900 - c. 1914, silk, metal thread, bobbin lace, h 21 cm × w 12 cm
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