Strip of bobbin lace with fine thistle flowers and capricious scallop edges, Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace, old Flemish lace. The symmetrical shells from which the strip is constructed have erraticly shaped edges at the bottom. The scallops originate from a volute along the upper edge where from the middle two tendrils wind down along a straight down hanging central branch. Small stylized thistle flowers form at the ends of the tendrils. There is hardly any ground. The motifs are made in linen with openwork edges. The scallops are set with fine picots. The top is finished with a straight edge., anonymous, Southern Netherlands, c. 1630 - c. 1640, linen (material), old Flemish lace, l 114 cm × w 5 cm ×, 4.5 cm
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Strip, bobbin lace, fine thistle flowers, capricious scallop edges, natural-colored bobbin lace, old Flemish lace, symmetrical shells, strip, constructed, erraticly shaped edges, bottom, scallops originate, volute, upper edge, middle two tendrils wind down, straight down hanging central branch, Small stylized thistle flowers form, ends, tendrils, hardly any ground, motifs, linen, openwork edges, scallops, set, fine picots, top, finished, straight edge, Southern Netherlands, c, 1630, 1640, material, l 114
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