Strip of needle lace with three medallion motifs and tendrils, Strip of natural colored needle lace: point de France. In an apparent maze of volutes and flower buds different symmetrical compositions can be distinguished, including volutes that form cartouches and that surround a rosette flower or further down a heart with a rosette flower underneath. The motifs are made with festival stitches and decorative stitches. Very light relief has been achieved by the way in which a part of the volutes is made and around the flat fixed motifs. The motifs are connected to each other by painted bars that form an irregular hexagonal ground. The top of the strip is finished straight with a narrow band. The bottom is finished with a bow edge., anonymous, Alençon, c. 1690 - c. 1699, linen (material), l 55 cm × w 8 cm
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