Caption:
Strip bobbin lace with star and crescent, Strip black bobbin lace, Cluny lace. Symmetrical design with deep scallops and a braided ground. Each shell is filled with an eight-pointed star that is covered at the bottom by a crescent moon. The scallop edge is finished with bows and fine dots of coated pigtails. The top of the strip is finished straight., Reading, letter, envelope, anonymous, France (possibly), c. 1900 - c. 1929, silk, Cluny lace, l 7 cm × w 530 cm ×, 4.5 cm