Strip of bobbin lace with rose branch in hexagon and two wavy flower garlands, Strip of black bobbin lace: Chantilly lace. The strip is part of a longer strip that has been used for a crinoline frock. The repeating pattern consists of hexagonal fields, which are formed by intersecting decorative bands. There is a rose branch in every hexagonal field. Above the hexagons are two synchronous wavy flower garlands, the lower pendulum intersecting the upper points of the hexagons. Between the hexagons, the lower flower garland and the scallop edge in bell-shaped fields, with one large rose in the lower one and in the mirrored bell-shaped field above there is a spring-shaped leaf. The motifs are made in net stroke with contour threads and they are connected to each other by a fine grid ground, a lawn ground. As ornamental ground, a rose ground is used in, among other things, flower hearts and decorative bands. The top of the strip is finished straight. The shell edge along the underside of the strip is finished with picots., anonymous, France (possibly), c. 1860 - c. 1875, silk, bobbin lace, l 35 cm × w 41 cm ×, 20 cm
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