Caption

Lace fragment, a strip with a serrated edge on one side and an edge-type ornament on the serrated side, above which are narrow strips of stylized plant ornament with an onion-shaped flower motif and between them small round dots in a regular pattern against a mesh background; lace, fabric; 1st half of the 19th century, Europe; width 12.5 cm, length 210 cm., A long strip of delicate lace in an off-white or ivory color lies arranged in a zigzag across a smooth gray background; the lace has a sheer mesh field dotted with small raised points and vertical wavy embroidered lines, bordered along one edge by a scalloped floral trim with looping motifs, and the fabric shows fine netting texture, slight folds, and soft translucent areas where layers overlap.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_282

License type

Rights managed

Available size

65.5Mb (5.0Mb) / 20.0in x 12.7in / 6000 x 3813 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lace fragment strip serrated edge side edge-type ornament serrated side narrow strips stylized plant ornament onion-shaped flower motif them small round dots regular pattern mesh background lace fabric 1st half 19th century Europe width 12.5 cm length 210 cm long strip delicate lace off-white ivory color lies arranged zigzag across smooth gray background sheer mesh field dotted small raised points vertical wavy embroidered lines bordered edge scalloped floral trim looping motifs fine netting texture slight folds soft translucent areas layers overlap.