Handkerchief with mixed lace border with bell-shaped corner reserves, Handkerchief of natural colored mixed lace: Brussels duchesse. Around a large, hollowly scalloped batiste centerpiece is a lace edging with large oval-shaped links or medallions with a fine mesh ground (needle lace), on which lies a flower spigot. In the corners, the links are cut over by a large, oblong-shaped bell-shaped reserve, with a braided base, on which a standing oval medallion (needle lace). The links are surrounded by connected rosettes. Each medallion is enclosed between two acanthus leaves. A fine godron border


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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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