Strip of needle lace with four different split flower branches, Strip of natural colored needle lace: Alençon lace. Repetitive motif with an alternation of four different, split flower branches on a fine hexagonal mesh ground with transverse meshes. The flower branches spring alternately from a cartouche along the bottom edge and from the top of the strip. Full work with cut-outs and limited filling with decorative grounds in the larger flowers and in the cartouches. Contour lines with relief of festival sign. The top is trimmed with a bobbin lace edge. Slightly scalloped bottom edge with a fl

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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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