Silk bobbin lace flounce, Malta, 1850-1870 Flounce of black silk bobbin lace. Deep flounce for a crinoline dress worked almost entirely in wheatears with a thin outline pattern worked in cloth stitch with some areas of square and twist-net filling. Scalloped lower edge with a leaf-edged circle containing a Maltese cross within each scallop. The main part of the flounce is divided horizontally by serpentine lines with large leaf-shapes and stylised flowerheads in-between. Small Maltese crosses are incorporated in the top-most row of leaves.