Strip of needle lace with suns around which a decorative frame with angular curling lines forming rectangles, Strip of natural-colored sun lace (needle lace): Tenerife lace. The repeating pattern consists of a square field with a 'sun' in it: a circular center from which bundled wires form the sun's rays. There are narrow concentric trims around the center that are getting wider towards the outside. Halfway there is a list of angular curling lines that form a succession of rectangular motifs. In the outer decorative frame a succession of dots. In the square field there are three circles in
Strip of needle lace with suns around which a decorative frame with angular curling lines forming rectangles, Strip of natural-colored sun lace (needle lace): Tenerife lace. The repeating pattern consists of a square field with a 'sun' in it: a circular center from which bundled wires form the sun's rays. There are narrow concentric trims around the center that are getting wider towards the outside. Halfway there is a list of angular curling lines that form a succession of rectangular motifs. In the outer decorative frame a succession of dots. In the square field there are three circles in each corner, outside the circle, the center circle of which forms a sun, with a dot at the end of each ray of sunshine. The top of the strip is finished with a narrow linen band with an open-worked edge. The strip shows two and a half suns., anonymous, Spain, c. 1700 - c. 1799, linen (material), Tenerife lace, h cm × w cm ×, 17 cm
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