Strip of Bobbin Lace with French Lily

Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace, Valenciennes lace. A wavy richly decorated scroll forms shells along the underside of the strip. On the center band above each shell stands a French lily. The motifs are connected to each other by a mesh ground, a diamond-shaped Valenciennes ground. The motifs are made in linen stitch with cutouts and openwork edges. Overlapping pairs decorate among others the openwork scrolling ribbon and the cutouts in the French lily. The top side of the strip is finished straight. The shells along the underside are finished with picots.