Strip of machine side with a large flower under a flower arch with a bending flower branch over it, Strip of natural-colored machine side: machine Alençon side. The repeating pattern consists of an arch of concatenated flowers, starting and ending with a curved and feathered leaf. Underneath one of these leaves is a row of five C-shaped curls. In the field under the arch one large round flower with heart-shaped petals around an oval flower heart. A flower branch springs from the side of the flower arch, which bends back towards the arch where it bends over halfway. One large and several smaller flowers on the branch, reaching almost to the top of the strip. Along the top, the flower branch is encased in half pear-shaped cartouches, which are formed by a curly leaf with three flowers. The motifs are provided with contour threads and are connected to each other by a fine machine mesh. Under the flower arch and in the cartouches, a mechanical ornamental soil is used and in various flower hearts mechanical ornamental stitches. The top of the strip is finished with a separately made machine-made strap. The shell edge along the underside of the strip stems from the pattern., anonymous, Calais (possibly), c. 1885, cotton (textile), l 198 cm × w 10.5 cm ×, 12 cm

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