Strip of bobbin lace with scalloped edge of hanging roses under scatter pattern of cut-away circles, Natural-colored bobbin lace: Mechelen lace. Under a scattering pattern of cut-away circles, the repeating pattern along the underside of the strip consists of a succession of one hanging rose each, on a curved stalk with three leaves. The motifs are connected by a nice mesh ground, a Mechelen ground. The motifs are made in linen with cutouts and thicker and shiny contour threads. In the flower hearts, a decorative soil has been applied with a coarser mesh, decorated with pulps made in shape. The top of the strip is finished with a separately clotted strap. The shell edge along the bottom comes from the pattern and is finished with picots. One short side is in a continuous line and with a rounded corner from the bottom also finished with picots., anonymous, Southern Netherlands, c. 1800 - c. 1820, linen (material), Mechlin (lace), l 104.5 cm × w 7.4 cm ×, 2 cm
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