Lace fragment, tied in the form of a belt with one-sided arched serrations. Regular ornament: rosettes and points arranged in rows. Mid-19th century, possibly Flanders. Lace, width 7 cm, length 223.5 cm. Creator: unknown., A horizontal strip of delicate lace with a repeating floral motif set against a flat background, showing a net-like openwork of diamond-shaped holes and clusters of rounded, petal-like embroidered elements; the lace has a decorative scalloped lower edge with tiny looped fringes and an upper edge finished with a straight selvage; visible colors include off-white or cream for the lace and a muted gray for the background.
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Lace fragment, tied in the form of a belt with one-sided arched serrations. Regular ornament: rosettes and points arranged in rows. Mid-19th century, possibly Flanders. Lace, width 7 cm, length 223.5 cm. Creator: unknown., A horizontal strip of delicate lace with a repeating floral motif set against a flat background, showing a net-like openwork of diamond-shaped holes and clusters of rounded, petal-like embroidered elements; the lace has a decorative scalloped lower edge with tiny looped fringes and an upper edge finished with a straight selvage; visible colors include off-white or cream for the lace and a muted gray for the background.

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Lace fragment tied form belt -sided arched serrations Regular ornament rosettes points arranged rows Mid-19th century Flanders Lace width 7 cm length 223.5 cm Creator unknown horizontal strip delicate lace repeating floral motif set flat background showing net- openwork diamond-shaped holes clusters rounded petal- embroidered elements lace decorative scalloped lower edge tiny looped fringes upper edge finished straight selvage visible colors include off-white cream muted gray background.

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