Strip of spool lace with circle in horizontal arc above three wave lines, Natural spool of lace strip, Cluny lace. The repeating pattern consists of three synchronously wavy lines. In each valley of the upper wave line there is an open worked arc, which comprises a circle. The arch is a kind of indented oval in which vertical connections are made in the form of a stroke. A flower is made in the circle with four leafs in form and crossing pairs. Transverse connections between the wave lines made in linen stroke are also made at a short distance from each other vertical connections, with both
Strip of spool lace with circle in horizontal arc above three wave lines, Natural spool of lace strip, Cluny lace. The repeating pattern consists of three synchronously wavy lines. In each valley of the upper wave line there is an open worked arc, which comprises a circle. The arch is a kind of indented oval in which vertical connections are made in the form of a stroke. A flower is made in the circle with four leafs in form and crossing pairs. Transverse connections between the wave lines made in linen stroke are also made at a short distance from each other vertical connections, with both braids and crossing pairs. A regularly winding fourth line, made in linen, runs along the underside of the strip and forms a triple-lobed shell right under the wave valleys. The top of the strip is finished straight. The shell edge along the bottom is finished with picots., anonymous, France, c. 1860, cotton (textile), Cluny lace, l 24 cm × w cm ×, 6 cm
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