Stock Photo - Strip lace with V-shaped pattern above folded shell, Strip of natural colored needle lace: Burano lace. The symmetrical pattern consists of a V-shaped pattern above an open shell that lies along the underside of the strip. The V is formed by a row of diagonally stacked leaves, with a larger drop-shaped and curling leaf on top of each leg. A stem with three rosette flowers bends down from this leaf. The stem ends with a leaf that lies along the underside of the strip and whose top touches the shell. In the V-shaped field, an asymmetrical motif with a rosette flower hangs between three more or less oval flowers or shapes. The motifs are connected by a mesh ground, a Burano ground. Different decorative grounds have been used. Among other things, between rosette flowers and in the decorative bands along the underside of the strip. The top of the strip is finished straight. The faint scallop edge along the underside of the strip stems from the pattern., anonymous, Burano, c. 1700 - c. 1899, cotton (textile), l 17.5 cm × w 5 cm