Strip of needle lace with sleeves around flower sprays with oval leaves, Strip of natural colored needle lace: Alençon lace. Scatter motif on a fine hexagonal mesh ground, with two different flower branches along the center line, with many oval leaves. The flower sprays are surrounded with a clear pattern of pulps and twigs with three leaves. The pattern at the bottom of the strip consists of a succession of ovals, a five-leaf flower and intersecting arches that end with heart-shaped leaves. Flower twigs spring from the ovals filled with decorative grounds. The bottom is finished
Strip of needle lace with sleeves around flower sprays with oval leaves, Strip of natural colored needle lace: Alençon lace. Scatter motif on a fine hexagonal mesh ground, with two different flower branches along the center line, with many oval leaves. The flower sprays are surrounded with a clear pattern of pulps and twigs with three leaves. The pattern at the bottom of the strip consists of a succession of ovals, a five-leaf flower and intersecting arches that end with heart-shaped leaves. Flower twigs spring from the ovals filled with decorative grounds. The bottom is finished with a slightly wavy edge with delicate picots. The top is trimmed with a bobbin lace edge., anonymous, Alençon, c. 1780, linen (material), Alençon lace, l 245 cm × w cm ×, cm
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