Border lace with scalloped headside

Pattern
Scalloped headside edge is formed by joined vine leaves with a double waving band above, which consists of one row of joined circles and a plain serpentine band connected with alternating sections of tiny picoted flowers and fine picoted zig-zag brides. The top of the serpentine band is decorated with small trifoils and tendrils. Each scallop is filled with an ornate floral spray. The mesh ground is decorated with diagonal rows of small dots.

Technique
The solid areas of the design are either simple corded buttonhole stitch, or triple-twisted corded buttonhole stitch for a lighter effect. The fillings are variations on the theme of small buttonholed and picoted rings. The cordonnet is applied over the foundation cord and is closely buttonholed. In some areas it is also picoted with a single strand of horsehair passing through the picot loops.
The mesh is traditional Alencon ground of triple twisted whipped buttonhole stitches.
See P Earnshaws "Needle Made Laces" p 51 fig 46c - diagram of the mesh and "Bobbin and Needle Laces" pp 94, 96 for diagrams of mesh and picots.

Made: 1850 - 1899

H3750

1850 - 1899

125 mm

475 mm