Strip lace with three-lobed cartouche and hanging flower with a drop-shaped heart, Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace: Mechelen lace. The repeating pattern consists of two symmetrical compositions that overlap. One composition consists of a three-lobed cartouche, which lies along the bottom and is flanked left and right by an elongated S-volute with five lobes at the bottom. A splitting branch with one leaf and two flowers originates from the s-volutes. The other composition consists of a flower hanging from the top with a drop-shaped heart, between two leaves. The motifs are connected by a

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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
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