Strip of needle lace with clovers and fan-shaped flowers, Strip of natural-colored needle lace: men's Alençon. Scatter motif with clovers on a fine hexagonal mesh. Along the top edge a row of pouches. The pattern on the underside of the strip consists of a succession of leaf branches with plumes. Below that are fan-shaped flowers that spring from the bottom edge, filled with a decorative soil. The underside is finished with a scalloped edge of painted circles with a wheel icon. The top is finished with a straight edge., anonymous, Alençon, c. 1775 - c. 1799, linen (material), Alençon lace, l 2


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