Handkerchief of batiste with a strip of bobbin lace with rivière around it

Handkerchief of Batiste with Around a Strip Natural-Colored Bobbin Lace: Mechelen Lace. The Strip of Bobbin Lace is Gathered in the Corners. The Asymmetrical Lace Pattern Stands on a Very Fine Mesh Ground, a Mechelen Ground (Also Called Ice Ground). A Whimsically Running Rivière, Composed of S- and C-Volutes and Leaves, Bounds the Mesh Net, on Which Loose Motifs Alternate; One is a Rose Branch, the Other a Halved Medallion. Along the Outside are Whimsical Reserves with Gridwork Formed by the Rivière and by Leaves and Rosettes.