Strip of bobbin lace with swans and carnations, Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace: Mechelen lace. The repeating pattern consists of a symmetrical composition with two swans, flanked left and right by a detached carnation between two rosette flowers. The motifs are connected by a fine mesh ground, the Mechelen ground. The motifs are made in linen with cutouts, and provided with thicker and shiny contour threads. Some decorative soils have been used sparingly, between the branches that hold the swans with their beaks and in the rosette flowers. The top and bottom are finished straight, with p

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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
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