Strip of bobbin lace with continuous wavy tendril with berries and butterfly, Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace: Mechelen lace. The repeating pattern consists of a continuous and wavy branch with small leaves on both sides, a single short branch with a berry on it and a few flowers. There is a butterfly or butterfly-shaped flower at the beginning of each wave crest, the branch loops twice within one wave. The faintly scalloped underside is formed by a double narrow pendulum, which forms a succession of pointed oval-shaped cartouches. Under each golf top there is always a larger cartouche in the pattern along the bottom edge, with a leaf twig and a star-shaped flower. The motifs are connected by a fine mesh ground, the Mechelen ground. The full work is made in linen with thicker and shiny contour threads. Various decorative grounds have been used in the cartouches along the bottom, in the loops, berries and flower hearts. The faintly scalloped bottom comes from the pattern with the double pendulum and is finished with picots. The upper side is finished with a separately straightened straight strap., anonymous, Mechelen (possibly), c. 1770 - c. 1780, linen (material), Mechlin (lace), l 88 cm × w 5.5 cm ×, 11.5 cm

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