Strip needle side with deer and dogs, Strip natural needle side: Alençon side. The repeating pattern consists of a deer that is hunted by dogs. The animals are surrounded by tendrils with a variety of flowers. The motifs are made up of festival stitches with recesses and embossed contours. The motifs are connected by a fine hexagonal mesh ground, an Alençon ground, with meshes worked across. Some spaces between the tendrils are filled with decorative grounds. The scalloped top comes from the pattern with the flower vines and is finished with very fine picots. The bottom is trimmed with a bobbin lace, dog, hoofed animals, anonymous, France, c. 1740 - c. 1760, linen (material), Alençon lace, l 100 cm × w 6.5 cm ×, 43.5 cm
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