Strip of needle lace with vine leaves and bunches of grapes, Strip of natural colored needle lace: gentlemen-Alençon. Repetitive motif of a bunch of grapes with a wine leaf on a fine hexagonal mesh with torn bars. Above that a spreading motif of small twigs with a round flower and two oval leaves. The bunch of grapes and the leaf originate from a horizontal spiral line and bend in opposite directions, but always in the same direction. Below the spiral vine a very fine soil of a few, strongly twisted meshes, with a repetitive motif of a narrow five-fingered leaf. Full work without recesses in these five-fingered leaves and in the oval leaves and the grapes. One kind of ornamental soil in the vine leaves. Schulpenrand with regular arcs along the bottom edge. The top is trimmed with a bobbin lace edge., anonymous, Alençon, c. 1800 - c. 1820, linen (material), Alençon lace, l 205 cm × w 8.5 cm ×, 5.5 cm
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Strip, needle lace, vine leaves, bunches, grapes, natural colored needle lace, gentlemen-Alenç, Repetitive motif, bunch, wine leaf, fine hexagonal mesh, torn bars, spreading motif, small twigs, round flower, two oval leaves, leaf originate, horizontal spiral line, bend, opposite directions, direction, spiral vine, fine soil, strongly twisted meshes, repetitive motif, narrow five-fingered leaf, Full work, recesses, five-fingered leaves, oval leaves, kind, ornamental soil, Schulpenrand, regular arcs, bottom edge, top, trimmed, bobbin lace edge, Alenç, c, 1800, 1820, linen, material, Alenç lace, l 205
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