Strip of bobbin lace with reserves and poppy bulbs and flowers, Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace: Mechelen lace. The repeating pattern consists of a reserve, which is cut by a branch with poppy bulbs and poppy flowers. Along the underside, two reserves lie against each other, with different fillings and framed by concatenated leaves and pointed ovals. In the middle between the two reserves a branch with three flowers originates, each with six oval petals. The motifs are connected by a fine mesh soil. Ornamental soils with coarser meshes are used in the reserves. The motifs are made of line

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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
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