Linen carpet with bobbin lace edges, Antwerp side. The repeating and continuous lace pattern consists of a regularly undulating leaf tendril with a large rose-curling rose flower in each wave trough and a smaller rose-curling rose rose under each wave crest. The leaves have many different shapes and fillings. The motifs are connected by a braid ground. And they are made in linen with openwork edges. Various ornamental grounds were used in the leaves, including fine and coarser snowflakes grounds. In the flower hearts, motifs are made in form. The straight underside of the strips are finished with picots., anonymous, Antwerp, c. 1675 - c. 1699, linen (material), Antwerp lace, l 96 cm × w 36.5 cm w 5.7 cm ×, 15.5 cm
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Linen carpet, bobbin lace edges, Antwerp side, repeating, continuous lace pattern consists, regularly undulating leaf tendril, large rose-curling rose flower, wave trough, smaller rose-curling rose rose under, wave crest, leaves, different shapes, fillings, motifs, connected, braid ground, linen, openwork edges, Various ornamental grounds, fine, coarser snowflakes grounds, flower hearts, form, straight underside, strips, finished, picots, Antwerp, c, 1675, 1699, material, Antwerp lace, l 96
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