Caption:
Strip of spool lace with quadrilateral rosette above and below a zigzag band, Strip of natural spool lace, blonde The repeating and continuous pattern consists of a zigzag band, which divides the strip into triangular fields. There is a four-lobed rosette in the center of each field. Along the top and bottom of the strip is a scallop edge, consisting of a concatenation of circles. The scallop edges are finished with picots. The motifs are connected by a coarse mesh, strewn with square pouches. The zigzag band, rosettes and circle edges are made in linen, with the rosettes provided with a contour thread., anonymous, unknown, c. 1840 - c. 1860, silk, bobbin lace, l 242 cm × w 7.5 cm