Cuff made from application lace with a floral branch and decorative frame; Cuff made from natural Brussels application lace: mixed lace - bobbin lace with a needle lace decorative soil - appliqu脙漏 on machine tulle. Striped model with a widening in the middle. Symmetrical pattern of a cleaved branch with flowers and leaves and a rose in the middle; applied on machine tulle. The motifs are made in linen with sparingly applied cut-outs and with thin; shiny contour threads. Wire bundles provide relief contours that accentuate petals and leaf veins. This pattern is framed by a wide decorative band along the short side and bottom. From the inside to the outside; this frame consists of a slightly wavy chain of concatenated ovals; applied to the machine tulle. Then a double clasped frame between which is a diamond-shaped ornamental ground of needle lace; with dots and wheel icons at the intersections. The outer; cloaked; frame consists of concatenated half rings with elongated oval rings below; which are alternately clotted in linen and net. The ovals are separated by embossed contour threads and ensure a fine scalloped edge along the collar. Behind the outer frame; some machine grommet is still visible. The tulle has probably been behind the entire cuff and the decorative soil has been cut away behind the needle side.; anonymous; Brussels; c. 1870 - c. 1890; linen (material); mixed lace; h 16.5 cm 脙鈥?w 4.5 cm