Strip of needle lace with high and wide spreading split flower branches, Strip of natural colored needle lace: Alençon lace. Pattern with high and wide spreading split flower branches on a fine hexagonal mesh. One of the three branches always forms a half oval along the lower edge, which is filled with alternating decorative grounds. The underside is finished with a pictured shell edge, which results from a pattern of lying leaves and flowers and some small spaces filled with ornamental grounds. The top is finished with a bobbin lace edge., anonymous, Alençon, c. 1750 - c. 1775, linen (material), Alençon lace, l 82 cm × w 6 cm ×, 40 cm
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Strip, needle lace, high, wide spreading split flower branches, natural colored needle lace, Alenç lace, Pattern, fine hexagonal mesh, three branches, forms, half oval, lower edge, filled, alternating decorative grounds, underside, finished, pictured shell edge, results, pattern, lying leaves, flowers, small spaces filled, ornamental grounds, top, bobbin lace edge, Alenç, c, 1750, 1775, linen, material, l 82
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