Strip of bobbin lace with hanging pomegranate

Strip of natural-coloured bobbin lace: Mechelen lace. The repeating pattern consists of a hanging pomegranate, where a large incised leaf hangs straight down, three smaller leaves on top form the crown of calyx leaves and flower remnants characteristic of the pomegranate. The successive pomegranates are connected by a small circle. At the top of the strip is a row of small circles, always one circle between two pomegranates. The motifs are connected by a fine mesh ground, a Mechelen ground. The motifs are made in linen stitch with cut-outs and thicker and shiny contour threads. A decorative ground is applied in the pomegranates and the incised leaves, with mosses made in shaped stitch in the center. A decorative ground with coarser diamond-shaped meshes is applied in the space under the apples, up to the incised leaves. The upper edge of the strip is finished straight. The shell border along the lower edge waves under the incised leaves along and is finished with picots.