Strip of bobbin lace with arches along the lower edge; Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace; Valenciennes lace. Along the lower edge of the strip runs a continuous band in linen that forms the faint regular scallops. Above that the strip consists of a mesh ground; a diamond-shaped Valenciennes ground. The top of the strip is finished straight. The arches along the underside are finished with picots. A wavy band with flattened wave tops and troughs runs across the center line of the strip; creating trapezoidal spaces; always with one loose and cut-away oval. The motifs are connected by a mesh ground; a diamond-shaped Valenciennes ground. The motifs are made in linen with openwork edges and in the ovals an openwork and decorated center. The top and bottom of the strip are finished straight. A winding ribbon runs between a row of openwork pouches just above the center line of the strip and the scallops along the bottom. The motifs are connected by a mesh ground; a Paris ground. The motifs are made with thick threads. The top of the strip is finished straight. The scallops are finished with picots.; anonymous; Belgium; c. 1900 - c. 1924; cotton (textile); Valenciennes lace; l 34.5 cm x w 1 cm x; 1.7 cm