Cuff of needle lace with a straight decorative band with vertical stripes and three simple flower garlands of leaves and at the lowest point always one rosette flower, Cuff of natural-colored needle lace: Brussels lace. Rectangular model with a scalloped leaf edge and a straight band with a square grid along the top. Symmetrical pattern with a straight decorative band with vertical stripes above which three simple flower garlands next to each other, with leaves and at the lowest point always one rosette flower. The decorative band with stripes is cut over at the corners and in the middle by a total of four rosette flowers, the underside of which forms part of the shell edge. These rosette flowers are crowned at the top by three rosette flowers and a few leaf branches that protrude through the successive flower garlands to the top edge. The motifs are made with festival stitches and feature embossed contours of widely used wire bundles. The flower garlands are connected to each other by a very fine mesh lace strewn with mosses. Some decorative stitches have been applied in the flower hearts. Between the rosette flowers, the scallop edge consists of three hanging leaves and along the short sides of two such leaves., anonymous, Brussels, c. 1880, linen (material), Brussels point de gaze, h 9 cm × w 5.5 cm

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