Cape of black bobbin lace with bouquet on the back, Cape of black bobbin lace: Chantilly lace. The cape has a pressed triangular shape with rounded points, with at the bottom a wide strip that is wrinkled and at the top a narrow strip that has been laid with the correct shape with some large figure seams. In the center of the back is a large bouquet in the center of a symmetrical pattern with separate flower spheres with a zigzag garland of leaves in between. The broad pleated strip along the underside has a shell edge that is made up of large c-volutes, which, when turned away from each other, form a kind of horns of abundance from which flower branches spring. The pattern of the narrow strip along the top consists of separate flower branches in oval cartouches of pearl frames. The motifs are connected by a mesh ground. The motifs are made in net stroke and one type of decorative soil is used, thicker contour threads run around the motifs. The cape can be closed with a costly ribbon and buttons, anonymous, unknown, c. 1860 - c. 1870, silk, bobbin lace, h 105 cm × h 95 cm × w 220 cm l 430 cm × w 40 cm l 120 cm × w 13 cm
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