Strip of needle lace with suns and grain scrolls, Strip of natural-colored sun side (needle side): Tenerife side. The repeating pattern consists of a square field with a 'sun' in it: a circular center from which bundled wires form the sun's rays. There are concentric decorative trims around the center. Halfway there is a thickened line, around which narrow elongated motifs bend, reminiscent of ears of corn. with staggered, narrow motifs on either side. The outer decorative frame consists of a chain of circles in which alternately a sun with a dot at the end of each ray of sunshine and a semi-circular motif on a stem, possibly a grain sheaf. This corn sheaf motif is also in every corner of the square field, in the residual space around the circle. The top of the strip is finished with a linen band with an open-worked edge. The outer decorative frame with circles is at the top, with this linen band, partially disturbed (truncated). The strip shows two and a half suns, plants and herbs, anonymous, Spain, c. 1700 - c. 1799, linen (material), Tenerife lace, l 54.6 cm × w 20.5 cm ×, 24 cm
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