Black bobbin lace frock with medallions and bouquets, Black bobbin lace frock, Chantilly lace. The repetitive pattern consists of alternately a medallion filled with a leaf palette and two c-volutes facing each other, from which a bouquet with different flowers and leaves springs. A console with a similar but smaller bouquet is placed above the medallion. The motifs are connected by a mesh ground. The full work is made in net stroke and one type of decorative ground is used, thicker contour threads run around the motifs. The scallop edge is formed by a succession of leaves under the medallion
Black bobbin lace frock with medallions and bouquets, Black bobbin lace frock, Chantilly lace. The repetitive pattern consists of alternately a medallion filled with a leaf palette and two c-volutes facing each other, from which a bouquet with different flowers and leaves springs. A console with a similar but smaller bouquet is placed above the medallion. The motifs are connected by a mesh ground. The full work is made in net stroke and one type of decorative ground is used, thicker contour threads run around the motifs. The scallop edge is formed by a succession of leaves under the medallion and roses with leaves under the facing c-volutes. The top and diagonally cut sides are finished with a hem., anonymous, Belgium (possibly), c. 1850 - c. 1855, bobbin lace, h cm × w cm
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