Strip of bobbin lace with loose carnation and peony along top edge; Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace; Valenciennes lace. The repeating pattern along the top edge consists of two large loose flowers; a carnation interspersed with a peony; each on a curved stem with leaf. The regularly undulating pendulum along the lower edge follows the shape of this flower pattern and always has a rosette flower as suspension points. The motifs are connected by a mesh ground; the round Valenciennes ground. The motifs are made in linen with openwork edges. The scalloped bottom comes from the pattern of the pendulum and is finished with picots. The top is finished straight.; anonymous; Valenciennes; c. 1760 - c. 1770; linen (material); Valenciennes lace; l 150 cm x w 4.2 cm