Strip of bobbin lace with hanging three-lobed flower between two oval leaves, Strip of blue with natural-colored bobbin lace, blonde van Caen. The repeating and concatenating pattern on the underside of the strip consists of a hanging tri-lobed blue flower between two oval natural-colored leaves. The successive flowers form the shell edge. Along the top of the strip the motifs are connected to each other by a blue mesh ground, a closed pin-ground. The flowers are made in net weave with and the leaves in linen strokes and a silver thread runs around the full work as a contour thread. The top of the strip is finished straight. The shell edge along the bottom is finished with picots., anonymous, Caen (possibly), c. 1840 - c. 1860, silk, Caen blonde, l 145 cm × w 5 cm ×, 4.5 cm
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Strip, bobbin lace, hanging three-lobed flower, two oval leaves, blue, natural-colored bobbin lace, blonde van Caen, repeating, concatenating pattern, underside, strip consists, hanging tri-lobed blue flower, two oval natural-colored leaves, successive flowers form, shell edge, top, strip, motifs, connected, blue mesh ground, closed pin-ground, flowers, net weave, leaves, linen strokes, black-and-white thread runs, full work, contour thread, finished straight, bottom, finished, picots, Caen, c, 1840, 1860, silk, Caen blonde, l 145
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