Strip of bobbin lace with hanging rosette flower between diamonds

Strip of natural-coloured bobbin lace, Valenciennes lace. Under a wide band with a scattered pattern of large round dots, the lower half of the pattern consists of a rosette flower, which hangs down on a curved branch. The flower is presumably placed between two lozenges. The strip is however so short that it does not provide a complete image. Below the flower a large part of a lobed shell is visible, with a dot in each lobe. The motifs are connected by a mesh ground, a diamond-shaped Valenciennes ground. The motifs are made in linen stitch with cutouts and openwork edges. The flower heart is decorated with a snowflake. The cutouts in the flower petals are decorated with overlapping pairs. The top of the strip is finished straight. The lobed shell along the bottom is finished with picots.