Strip of needle lace with rows of twigs and curved lines, Strip of natural colored needle lace: Alençon lace. Scatter motif with three rows of twigs on a fine hexagonal mesh ground, an Alençon ground. A fourth row of branches is attached to an arc line. Below that is a pattern of intersecting arch lines that create ovals, accentuated by leaves and filled with two different ornamental grounds: an ornamental ground in a fine diamond stitch and an ornamental ground with radar picots. The bottom is finished with a curved edge with delicate picots, resulting from the oval pattern. The top is trimmed with a bobbin lace edge., anonymous, Alençon, c. 1790 - c. 1799, linen (material), Alençon lace, l 91 cm × w 7 cm ×, 4.8 cm
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Strip, needle lace, rows, twigs, curved lines, natural colored needle lace, Alenç lace, Scatter motif, three rows, fine hexagonal mesh ground, Alenç ground, fourth row, branches, attached, arc line, pattern, intersecting arch lines, create ovals, accentuated, leaves, filled, two different ornamental grounds, ornamental ground, fine diamond stitch, radar picots, bottom, finished, curved edge, delicate picots, resulting, oval pattern, top, trimmed, bobbin lace edge, Alenç, c, 1790, 1799, linen, material, l 91
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