Strip of needle lace with curled, spring-shaped leaves, Strip of natural-colored needle lace: Argentan lace. Repetitive motif with mainly curled, spring-shaped leaves and some fan-shaped flowers and small rosette flowers. Ground with meshes that are tightly sewn with buttonhole stitches. Fully decorated with recesses and various fine ornamental grounds. There is no separate pattern for the lower edge, the very finely painted shell edge forms from the motif of flowers and leaves. The top is trimmed with a bobbin lace edge. The strip is faintly rounded like a berthe., anonymous, France, c. 1740

Strip of needle lace with curled, spring-shaped leaves, Strip of natural-colored needle lace: Argentan lace. Repetitive motif with mainly curled, spring-shaped leaves and some fan-shaped flowers and small rosette flowers. Ground with meshes that are tightly sewn with buttonhole stitches. Fully decorated with recesses and various fine ornamental grounds. There is no separate pattern for the lower edge, the very finely painted shell edge forms from the motif of flowers and leaves. The top is trimmed with a bobbin lace edge. The strip is faintly rounded like a berthe., anonymous, France, c. 1740 Stock Photo
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8820 x 2541 px | 74.7 x 21.5 cm | 29.4 x 8.5 inches | 300dpi

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Strip of needle lace with curled, spring-shaped leaves, Strip of natural-colored needle lace: Argentan lace. Repetitive motif with mainly curled, spring-shaped leaves and some fan-shaped flowers and small rosette flowers. Ground with meshes that are tightly sewn with buttonhole stitches. Fully decorated with recesses and various fine ornamental grounds. There is no separate pattern for the lower edge, the very finely painted shell edge forms from the motif of flowers and leaves. The top is trimmed with a bobbin lace edge. The strip is faintly rounded like a berthe., anonymous, France, c. 1740 - c. 1760, linen (material), Argentan lace, l 215 cm × w 8 cm ×, 34 cm