Strip of needle lace with flower sprays and star-shaped flowers, Strip of natural colored needle lace: Argentan lace and Alençon lace. Repetitive motif with two different flower branches, each flanked by two star-shaped flowers placed one above the other, on a ground with meshes sewn with buttonhole stitches (Argentan lace). The flower branches bend over and over towards each other. Along the underside under a wavy line including a pattern of flowers and berries on a fine hexagonal mesh (Alençon side). Ornamental soil with radar picots in the larger flowers and the circles along the bottom edge. Full work with minimal cut-outs within the contours of the other designs. Schulpenrand at the bottom by a succession of circles, regularly interrupted by a rosette flower. The top is trimmed with a bobbin lace edge., anonymous, Argentan, c. 1775 - c. 1799, linen (material), Alençon lace, l 100 cm × w 9 cm ×, 15.5 cm
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Strip, needle lace, flower sprays, star-shaped flowers, natural colored needle lace, Argentan lace, Alenç lace, Repetitive motif, two different flower branches, flanked, two star-shaped flowers placed, ground, meshes sewn, buttonhole stitches, flower branches bend, towards, underside under, wavy line, pattern, flowers, berries, fine hexagonal mesh, Alenç side, Ornamental soil, radar picots, larger flowers, circles, bottom edge, Full work, minimal cut-outs within, contours, designs, Schulpenrand, bottom, succession, regularly interrupted, rosette flower, top, trimmed, bobbin lace edge, Argentan, c, 1775, 1799, linen, material, l 100
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