Bobbin lace dress with thistles and roses; Natural Bobbin lace dress: Honiton lace. Rectangular model. A purple-scalloped edge encloses a midfield covered with thistle branches and rose branches; encased in deeply incised leaves. Furthermore; loose feather motifs and roses of various sizes. The motifs are made in net and linen with openwork edges and with contour threads. Here and there relief contours have been used; for example with the petals of the larger roses and with the veins of larger leaves. Decorations with numerous and varied shapes are realized in many motifs. And fine picots have been applied along a few leaves along the edges. The motifs are connected by a braid ground of long braids.; anonymous; Honiton; c. 1800 - c. 1899; linen (material); Honiton lace; l 200 cm x w 194 cm