Strip of needle lace with rocaille pattern and flower sprays with ribbons, Strip of natural-colored needle lace: Alençon lace. Pattern with flower sprays, occasionally wrapped with ribbons, on a fine hexagonal mesh. Between the branches an asymmetrical rocaille motif, filled with various decorative grounds. The top is finished with a bobbin lace edge. The underside is finished with a painted shell edge, which results from a pattern of lying leaves and flowers and some spaces filled with decorative grounds., anonymous, unknown, c. 1750, linen (material), Alençon lace, l 122 cm × w 6 cm
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Strip, needle lace, rocaille pattern, flower sprays, ribbons, natural-colored needle lace, Alenç lace, Pattern, occasionally wrapped, fine hexagonal mesh, branches, asymmetrical rocaille motif, filled, various decorative grounds, top, finished, bobbin lace edge, underside, painted shell edge, results, pattern, lying leaves, flowers, spaces filled, decorative grounds, unknown, c, 1750, linen, material, l 122
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