Caption

Lace fragment, needle lace, pattern composed of branched floral stem motifs with connecting spans of picots. Lower edge serrated into alternating single and triple picots; upper edge straight. 2nd half of the 17th century, France. Material: lace. Dimensions: length 50 cm, width 3.5 cm., A vertical strip of delicate openwork lace in off-white runs down the center of the image against a large rectangular background in muted brown, with a narrow border of light beige around the outer edges; the lace has an irregular, looping pattern with small rounded motifs and a slightly uneven edge, and the visible colors are off-white, muted brown, and light beige.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_253

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54.9Mb (1.7Mb) / 12.1in x 17.6in / 3630 x 5289 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lace fragment needle lace pattern composed branched floral stem motifs connecting spans picots Lower edge serrated alternating single triple picots upper edge straight 2nd half 17th century France Material lace Dimensions length 50 cm width 3.5 cm vertical strip delicate openwork lace off-white runs down center image large rectangular background muted brown narrow border light beige outer edges irregular looping pattern small rounded motifs slightly uneven edge visible colors light beige.