Caption

Collar, origin unknown, women's clothing accessory. Needle lace collar with floral tendril pattern featuring large partially raised flowers on a mesh background. Diamond mesh finished with single or triple picots imitating leaves; serrated edges. Collar sewn from two pieces, extended at the bottom. 19th century, Europe. Width 33 cm, length 97 cm., A wide, semicircular piece of delicate lacework with an open, netlike background and an overall light cream color is displayed against a smooth medium-gray backdrop; the lace features a repeating arrangement of ornate floral and circular motifs, raised rosette details, looping ribbonlike shapes, and scalloped edges with small rounded picot trims, creating a layered, textured surface with areas of dense stitching alternating with more open mesh, and the composition forms a curved neckline-like shape with symmetrical extensions on either side.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_278

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58.2Mb (5.2Mb) / 20.0in x 11.3in / 6000 x 3389 (300dpi)

Keywords

Collar origin unknown women's clothing accessory Needle lace collar floral tendril pattern featuring large partially raised flowers mesh background Diamond mesh finished single triple picots imitating leaves serrated edges Collar sewn two pieces extended bottom 19th century Europe Width 33 cm length 97 cm wide semicircular piece delicate lacework open netlike background light cream color displayed smooth medium-gray backdrop lace features repeating arrangement ornate floral circular motifs raised rosette details looping ribbonlike shapes scalloped edges small rounded picot trims creating layered textured surface areas dense stitching alternating open mesh composition forms curved neckline- shape symmetrical extensions side.