Stock Photo - Strip of bobbin lace with rocailles and pineapples, Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace: old Brabant lace. For a rochet or superplie. The pattern has two alternating symmetrical compositions, which are triangular in shape and in which the motifs are connected by an irregular braided soil with picots. One composition consists of sloping seed beads that form two lines of a triangle in which four crosses, or four-point stars, and round shapes or berries are contained. In the other composition, a large pineapple or pomegranate fills the triangle, which is further filled by a round motif and flowers and leaves. The motifs are made in loosely worked linen stroke and net stroke, with very sparingly embossed contour lines. The upper side is finished with a clinked edge with a woven edge above it. The shell edge on the bottom comes from the pattern. The ends are sewn together. In the woven edge, some marks and / or letters are sewn with colored thread with coarse stitches, an s, a t (or a plus sign) and a w can be distinguished, one and a t (or a plus sign) further on., anonymous, Southern Netherlands, c. 1700 - c. 1724, linen (material), old Brabant lace, l 372 cm × w 31 cm ×, 42 cm