Handkerchief made of linen with an edge bobbin lace with fine pointed scallops; Handkerchief or nose cloth made of natural-colored linen; trimmed around with natural-colored bobbin lace: old Flemish lace. The repeating pattern consists of a square with a wheel inside; as with reticella patterns. Each square is finished with a fine pointed scallop with picots. Along the edges of the handkerchief runs a narrow border of work with contracted threads. The handkerchief is marked in red: C.; anonymous; Netherlands; c. 1575 - c. 1624; geheel; old Flemish lace; l 50 cm x w 50 cm w 2.5 cm x; 1 cm