Border of silk bobbin lace, Caen, ca. 1820 Border of black silk bobbin lace. Lille mesh powdered with regularly-spaced floral sprigs solidly worked in cloth stitch. The bottom edge is decorated with a series of scallops, each filled with a roundel consisting of a serrated leaf above a lobed flower. The pattern is worked in solid cloth stitch with decorative fillings of honey-comb and half-stitch work. A thick silk gimp thread is used to outline the pattern. Narrow flounce, possibly a bonnet veil by a later addition of a decorative border at each end.