Strip of bobbin lace with carnation on curved stem and wide S-shaped leaf; Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace; Binche -side. The repeating pattern consists of a large carnation on a curved stem. A smaller lobed flower bends on a side branch in the opposite direction. A faint S-shaped and broad leaf forms the connection to the carnation from the subsequent pattern. The motifs are connected by a decorative ground; a snow ground. The motifs are made in linen with openwork edges. In an area below the carnation; another decorative ground was used as ornamental ground. And in the S-shaped leaf; a decorative ground with snowflakes-like motifs is used. The top and bottom are finished straight; with the bottom provided with picots; which are no longer all intact.; anonymous; Binche; c. 1725 - c. 1740; linen (material); Binche lace; l 45 cm x w 3.1 cm x; 11.8 cm