Caption

Lace fragment, Lace with a fine floral pattern. de brides background with picots. Lower edge with fine serrations, upper edge straight. 17th/18th century, Venice. Lace, fabric; width 9.5 cm, length 134 cm., A horizontal strip of delicate openwork lace laid flat against a smooth background, showing an intricate network of interconnected loops and floral-like motifs; the lace appears off-white or cream with slight variations in tone, and the background is a uniform medium gray; the lace edges include a scalloped border along the bottom and a straighter edge along the top, and the texture of the thread and tiny knots are visible across the pattern.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_250

License type

Rights managed

Available size

46.6Mb (3.8Mb) / 20.0in x 9.1in / 6000 x 2715 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lace fragment Lace fine floral pattern de brides background picots Lower edge fine serrations upper edge straight 17th 18th century Venice fabric width 9.5 cm length 134 cm horizontal strip delicate openwork lace laid flat smooth background showing intricate network interconnected loops floral- motifs lace off-white cream slight variations tone background uniform medium gray lace edges include scalloped border bottom straighter edge top texture thread tiny knots visible across pattern.