Strip of bobbin lace with thick curved leaves and three-lobed flowers, Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace: Binche -side. The repeating pattern consists of two thick curved leaves, tapered. From each leaf a three-lobed flower arises on a short bent stem. Above the hollowing of one of the leaves a four-lobed rosette flower is visible in the not so clearly defined pattern. The motifs are made in linen strokes with openwork edges and in net strokes. The motifs are connected by a decorative ground, a coarse snow ground. Top and bottom are straight finished and a bit frayed by damage., anonymous, Binche (possibly), c. 1700 - c. 1709, linen (material), snowflake filling, l 66 cm × w 4.2 cm × w 9.6 cm
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Strip, bobbin lace, thick curved leaves, three-lobed flowers, natural-colored bobbin lace, Binche, repeating pattern consists, two thick curved leaves, tapered, leaf, three-lobed flower arises, short bent stem, hollowing, leaves, four-lobed rosette flower, visible, defined pattern, motifs, linen strokes, openwork edges, net strokes, connected, decorative ground, coarse snow ground, Top, bottom, straight finished, bit frayed, damage, c, 1700, 1709, linen, material, snowflake filling, l 66
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