Bobbin lace strip with hanging leafy branch, Natural Bobbin lace strip: Mechelen lace. Under a scattering pattern of one-sided twigs with always one round flower attached to it, the repeating pattern of the scallop edge consists of a curved twig. A substantial composite flower hangs down between two leaflets on this twig. The flower consists of a drop-shaped flower heart surrounded by a half wreath of five rosette flowers. In this way, each successive flower forms a semicircular shell. The motifs are made in linen and provided with thicker and shiny contour threads. The motifs are connected by
Bobbin lace strip with hanging leafy branch, Natural Bobbin lace strip: Mechelen lace. Under a scattering pattern of one-sided twigs with always one round flower attached to it, the repeating pattern of the scallop edge consists of a curved twig. A substantial composite flower hangs down between two leaflets on this twig. The flower consists of a drop-shaped flower heart surrounded by a half wreath of five rosette flowers. In this way, each successive flower forms a semicircular shell. The motifs are made in linen and provided with thicker and shiny contour threads. The motifs are connected by a fine grid ground, a Mechelen ground. A coarser ornamental soil is used in the drop-shaped flower hearts with cubes made in shaping. The scallop edge is finished with picots. The top of the strip is finished straight., anonymous, Southern Netherlands, c. 1820 - c. 1830, linen (material), Mechlin (lace), l 40 cm × w 8 cm ×, cm
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