Strip of bobbin lace with rose twigs, Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace: Mechelen lace. Under a pattern of bows on the underside of the strip is a repeating pattern of one-sided rose twigs with three branches. At the top two branches is a leaf or a rose bud and next to it a rose with five petals. A larger flower hangs down in a semicircular shell on the lower branch. The motifs are made in sparingly applied and loosely worked linen, with thicker and shiny contour threads. The motifs are connected by a nice mesh ground, a Mechelen ground. A decorative soil is used in the openwork flower
Strip of bobbin lace with rose twigs, Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace: Mechelen lace. Under a pattern of bows on the underside of the strip is a repeating pattern of one-sided rose twigs with three branches. At the top two branches is a leaf or a rose bud and next to it a rose with five petals. A larger flower hangs down in a semicircular shell on the lower branch. The motifs are made in sparingly applied and loosely worked linen, with thicker and shiny contour threads. The motifs are connected by a nice mesh ground, a Mechelen ground. A decorative soil is used in the openwork flower hearts of the larger flowers. The top of the strip is finished straight. The shell edge along the underside of the strip is finished with picots., anonymous, Southern Netherlands, c. 1795 - c. 1805, linen (material), Mechlin (lace), l 140 cm × w 5 cm ×, cm
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