Insert of bobbin lace with halved cartouches

Insert of natural bobbin lace: Flemish lace. The repeating pattern consists of halved symmetrical cartouches in two variants alternating with each other. One cartouche has a lobed border, crowned by a flower between two curling leaves. In the center lies along the lower side a half daisy. The border of the other cartouche is formed by flower stems and flowers from which a five-lobed flower hangs down from above. The motifs are largely made in linen stitch with openwork edges and here and there fine cutouts, which form the veins in the petals. Some parts of motifs, including flower centers, are made in net stitch. The motifs are connected by a five-hole ground. As decorative ground, a finer and a coarser snowflake ground are used alternately in the cartouches. The top and bottom of the strip are finished straight and each attaches to a strip of linen: fragments of bed linen. The lace was probably made in the Southern Netherlands, the strip probably in the Northern Netherlands.