Strip of bobbin lace with thistle or cornflower; Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace: Old Flemish lace. Semi-circular scallops with whimsical edges with a symmetrical pattern in each scallop with a flower hanging downwards; possibly a thistle or cornflower. The motifs are made in linen with openwork edges and cut-outs. In the longitudinal axis; leaf-shaped shaping layers are used in recesses. The motifs are connected to each other by short crossing pairs; there is no ground. The top of the strip is finished straight. The scallop edge is finished with picots.; anonymous; Southern Netherlands; c. 1625 - c. 1649; linen (material); old Flemish lace; l 110 cm 脙鈥?w 5 cm 脙鈥? 5 cm