Strip of bobbin lace with pink motif, Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace: Mechelen lace. Under a scattering pattern of double leaves, there is a repeating pattern of a hanging rose twig along the underside of the strip. The flower has five petals on one side of the flower heart. Each flower hangs in a hemisphere shell. A short branch with a triple leaf is pointed upwards. The motifs are connected by a nice mesh ground, a Mechelen ground. The motifs are mainly made by deviating openings in the mesh ground, with thicker and shiny contour threads worked around it. Very sparingly linen is used in the motifs, decorated with loops. The top of the strip is finished straight. The shell edge along the underside of the strip is finished with picots., anonymous, Southern Netherlands, c. 1795 - c. 1805, linen (material), Mechlin (lace), l 142 cm × w 3 cm ×, 1.1 cm
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Strip, bobbin lace, pink motif, natural-colored bobbin lace, Mechelen lace, Under, scattering pattern, double leaves, repeating pattern, hanging rose twig, underside, strip, flower, five petals, side, flower heart, flower hangs, hemisphere shell, short branch, triple leaf, pointed upwards, motifs, connected, nice mesh ground, Mechelen ground, mainly, deviating openings, mesh ground, thicker, shiny contour threads worked, sparingly linen, decorated, loops, top, finished straight, shell edge, finished, picots, Southern Netherlands, c, 1795, 1805, linen, material, Mechlin, lace, l 142
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