Handkerchief or neck-nose cloth of batist and finished around with a strip of bobbin lace with a wavy branch and curling side branches with a peony, Handkerchief or nose-cloth of batist finished around with a strip of natural-colored bobbin lace: Flanders lace. Square model. The batist is marked in one of the corners with the crowned text: 'MW 6'. Lace: the repeating and continuous pattern consists of a wavy branch with curling leaves and under each wave crest and in every wave valley a curling side branch with a peony. The motifs are made in linen with openwork edges and some cut-outs. The motifs are connected by a five-hole ground. The top and bottom of the strip are finished straight, with the bottom (outside) provided with picots., anonymous, Southern Netherlands, c. 1640 - c. 1674, linen (material), Flanders lace, h 81 cm × w 83 cm
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Handkerchief, neck-nose cloth, batist, finished, strip, bobbin lace, wavy branch, curling side branches, peony, nose-cloth, batist finished, natural-colored bobbin lace, Flanders lace, Square model, marked, corners, crowned text, MW 6, Lace, repeating, continuous pattern consists, curling leaves, under, wave crest, every wave valley, curling side branch, motifs, linen, openwork edges, cut-outs, connected, five-hole ground, top, bottom, finished straight, outside, provided, picots, Southern Netherlands, c, 1640, 1674, material
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