Strip bobbin with flower branch full of rosette flowers, anonymous, c. 1740 - c. 1760 Strip of natural -colored bobbin: Mechelse side. The repeating and continuous pattern consists of a narrow horn-shaped reserve and a rocaillic reserve lying along the bottom edge from which a flower branch originates full of short side branches with rosette flowers, such as with a forget-me-not. Along the top edge, with a fold continuously on one short side, a narrower strip is sewn with a pattern of different rocaillic reserves and a few flowers and leaves. The motifs are connected in both strips by a fine M

Strip bobbin with flower branch full of rosette flowers, anonymous, c. 1740 - c. 1760 Strip of natural -colored bobbin: Mechelse side. The repeating and continuous pattern consists of a narrow horn-shaped reserve and a rocaillic reserve lying along the bottom edge from which a flower branch originates full of short side branches with rosette flowers, such as with a forget-me-not. Along the top edge, with a fold continuously on one short side, a narrower strip is sewn with a pattern of different rocaillic reserves and a few flowers and leaves. The motifs are connected in both strips by a fine Maas soil, the Mechelen soil. The motifs are made in linen battle with few recesses, and is equipped with very thick contour threads. Different decorative grounds, with coarser meshes, have been used in the reserves and between the rosette flowers. The faintly scalloped underneath of both strips are finished with picots. The sides sewn together are straight. Mechelen linen (material) bobbin lace / Mechlin (lace) Strip of natural -colored bobbin: Mechelse side. The repeating and continuous pattern consists of a narrow horn-shaped reserve and a rocaillic reserve lying along the bottom edge from which a flower branch originates full of short side branches with rosette flowers, such as with a forget-me-not. Along the top edge, with a fold continuously on one short side, a narrower strip is sewn with a pattern of different rocaillic reserves and a few flowers and leaves. The motifs are connected in both strips by a fine Maas soil, the Mechelen soil. The motifs are made in linen battle with few recesses, and is equipped with very thick contour threads. Different decorative grounds, with coarser meshes, have been used in the reserves and between the rosette flowers. The faintly scalloped underneath of both strips are finished with picots. The sides sewn together are straight. Mechelen linen (material) bobbin lace / Mechlin (lace)

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