Strip of bobbin lace with hanging triangular cartouche with pear-shaped flower, Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace: Mechelen lace. The repeating pattern consists of a hanging triangular cartouche on the top, with a pear-shaped flower between two heart-shaped leaves. The cartouche is interspersed with a rosette flower, which originates from the continuous pattern along the underside with two leaves and one large heart-shaped leaf. Right below the triangle, this pattern consists of five connected circles with a four-lobed rosette flower on the left and right. The pattern from which the rosette flower originates consists of two c-volutes from which a large leaf bends sideways. The motifs are connected by a fine mesh ground, the Mechelen ground. The motifs are made in linen with cutouts and with thicker and shiny contour threads. Ornamental soils with large meshes, snowflakes and rosettes have been applied in the cartouche and under the laterally deflecting leaf in the pattern along the underside. The upper side is finished with a separate band, with large meshes and with coarser threads. The scalloped bottom follows the pattern and is finished with picots., anonymous, Mechelen, c. 1740 - c. 1760, linen (material), Mechlin (lace), l 112 cm × w 4.5 cm ×, 17 cm

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