Strip of bobbin lace with hanging round flowers, Strip of black bobbin lace, blonde. The repeating pattern consists of concatenated round flowerbeds along the underside of the strip, which hang down on a crooked stem with two leaves and thus form semicircular scallops. Above the flowers is a scatter pattern of two rows of round motifs. The flowers are made with a decorative ground of sloping rows of concatenated round motifs, connected by crossing pairs. The leaves and (concatenated) round motifs are made in linen and provided with thicker contour threads. The motifs are connected by a fine mesh ground, a lawn ground. The top of the strip is finished straight. The shell edge at the bottom is finished with picots., anonymous, Belgium, c. 1830, silk, blonde (lace), l 48 cm × w 8.5 cm ×, 3.5 cm
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