Strip bobbin lace for a 'German cap' used in the Frisian costume, Strook natural-colored bobbin lace, Antwerp pot side. The strip is composed of four strips and intended for a 'German cap' used in the Frisian costume. The middle two strips are the same and are sewn symmetrically against each other. The pattern has flowers placed in a wreath interspersed with halved quadruple flowers, by the seam again become a whole. The lower strip has a running pattern of a rocaille and a double flower branch with the rocaille and one of the flowers also forming the faint scallop edge. The upper strip is a cut-off part of the middle type and is finished with a very narrow, partly missing hem. The motifs are connected by a mesh ground. The motifs are made in linen and two types of decorative soil are used, thicker contour threads run around the motifs., anonymous, Friesland, c. 1750 - c. 1780, Antwerp pot lace, l 194 cm × w 19 cm ×, 19 cm
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