Strip of application lace with bell flowers and wavy flower branch, Strip of natural-colored Brussels application lace, needle lace appliqué on machine tulle. Spreading pattern with two rows of twigs, each with one bellflower, on a fine hexagonal mesh. The faintly scalloped lower edge stems from the repetitive motif of a wavy leafy branch with two flowers and a flower bud. Motifs with embossed contours of widely used wire bundles. Decorative stitches in the flowers and flower buds and between some leaves. The upper side is finished with a clasped band., anonymous, Brussels, c. 1840 - c. 1849,

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