Strip of needlepoint lace with mushrooms, Strip of natural-colored needlepoint lace: Alençon lace. Under a scattering pattern of three rows of hanging flower sprigs, the repeating and continuous pattern along the bottom of the strip consists of mushrooms, alternating with a tenuous volute with a small circle in the center surmounted by a standing oval. The scalloped edge is formed by fan-shaped motifs, one under each mushroom. The fans are connected by a ring of three circles with cogpicots in them. The motifs are connected by a fine hexagonal mesh ground, an Alençon ground with raised festoon stitches. The sparse fullwork is made with festoon stitches, the motifs are provided with relief contours. A few different fine decorative grounds are used in the motifs in the pattern at the bottom of the strip. The top of the strip is finished with a separate bobbin band. The scallops along the bottom are finished with picots., anonymous, Alençon, c. 1795, linen (material), Alençon lace, length 63 cm × width 7.5 cm × 3 cm
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