Strip of needle lace with wavy leaves, Strip of natural-colored needle lace: Argentan lace. Pattern with a wavy leafy vine right along the lower edge and above it a scatter motif with six different flower sprays. Ground with hexagonal meshes that are tightly sewn with buttonhole stitches. Foliage with branches bending up and down. Below the branch a finer mesh, an Alençon soil. Slightly scalloped picot edging on the underside due to the alternation of leaves, whether or not of the leaves, and small open ovals with wheeled picot in the center. The top is finished with a straight edge., anonymous, Argentan, c. 1770 - c. 1785, linen (material), Argentan lace, l 182 cm × w 6.3 cm ×, 18 cm
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Strip, needle lace, wavy leaves, natural-colored needle lace, Argentan lace, Pattern, wavy leafy vine right, lower edge, scatter motif, six different flower sprays, Ground, hexagonal meshes, tightly sewn, buttonhole stitches, Foliage, branches bending up, down, branch, finer mesh, Alenç soil, Slightly scalloped picot edging, underside due, alternation, leaves, whether, small open ovals, wheeled picot, center, top, finished, straight edge, Argentan, c, 1770, 1785, linen, material, l 182
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