Strip of needle lace with mirrored S-shapes and arcs, Strip of natural-colored needle lace: Argentan lace. Pattern with mirrored S-forms with arches in between, on a ground with meshes that are tightly sewn with buttonhole stitches. Scatter motif with flower twigs with oval leaves. The s-shapes are separate from the edges and are decorated with bows, little ovals, flowers. The arches emerge alternately from the lower and upper edges. Slightly scalloped edges on the top and bottom with, among other things, a double row of ovals between which a finer mesh ground., anonymous, c. 1785, linen


Strip of needle lace with mirrored S-shapes and arcs, Strip of natural-colored needle lace: Argentan lace. Pattern with mirrored S-forms with arches in between, on a ground with meshes that are tightly sewn with buttonhole stitches. Scatter motif with flower twigs with oval leaves. The s-shapes are separate from the edges and are decorated with bows, little ovals, flowers. The arches emerge alternately from the lower and upper edges. Slightly scalloped edges on the top and bottom with, among other things, a double row of ovals between which a finer mesh ground., anonymous, c. 1785, linen (material), Argentan lace, l 121 cm × w cm ×, 47 cm


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