Strip of bobbin lace with alternately a hanging flower and an s-volute, Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace: old Brabant lace. The repeating pattern alternates between a hanging flower on a curved stem and a c-volute or a faint s-volute. The flower shapes are alternately pear-shaped, three-lobed and oval-shaped. The motifs are placed close to each other and connected by a fine grid ground, the Mechelen ground. The motifs are made in linen and net strokes, with clotted relief contours. Cut ornamental flakes have been used as ornamental ground and, to a very limited extent, picotised braids. Th

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