Strip of spool lace with a diamond between four circles and a heart between six diamonds, Strip of natural spool lace, Swedish lace. The strip is attached to pins on a light blue cardboard with seven other strips. Above the strip on the cardboard is' Laces from Dalecarlia. (Dalarna) 'written. The repeating pattern is formed by a bundle of threads, which has been worked through a mesh ground, a diamond-shaped straw grid. The threads alternately form a heart surrounded by six diamonds and a diamond surrounded by four circles. Along the underside of the strip there is always a trapezoidal pattern between these successive motifs, with a small cut-out in the center. The hearts, diamonds and trapezia are made in linen with openwork edges and the contours of which are formed by the thick threads. In each circle (around the diamonds) a larger oval-shaped mesh has been made between the meshes of the straw trellis. The top and bottom of the strip are straight finished and provided with picots., anonymous, Dalarna, c. 1800 - c. 1899, linen (material), Swedish lace, l 2.5 cm × w 15.5 cm ×, 8 cm
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