Mechlin, Valenciennes and Binche laces looked at the beginning of 18th century very similar but than they became each their typical look. Mechlin get an outline for example.with In the first half of 18th cent. the motives of the Mechlin lace were named flowers and worked in linen stitch and little decoration formed a sort of fantasy ground. In the second Half the fantasy grounds disappear and give place for the net grounds. And the motives were flowers, leafs partly with a whole in the middle. The outline give the motives exact shape. At the beginning o 19th cent. the net ground with square tallies is new.The flowers become bigger mostly roses. That’s what I learned about Mechlin lace.
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