Caption

Lace fragment, strip with a serrated edge on one side and an edge-type ornament on the serrated side; above this 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. 1st half of the 19th century, Europe. Lace, fabric; width 12.5 cm, length 210 cm., A wide piece of delicate lace fabric with a repeating ornate pattern, shown against a flat background; the lace is light ivory or cream in color with a fine hexagonal mesh and small raised circular dots scattered throughout, vertical wavy embroidered lines creating panels, and a scalloped lower edge featuring floral-like motifs and looping embroidered details; the background visible through the lace and at the top and bottom is a smooth mid-gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_286

License type

Rights managed

Available size

64.3Mb (5.1Mb) / 20.0in x 12.5in / 6000 x 3748 (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 1st half 19th century Europe Lace fabric width 12.5 cm length 210 cm wide piece delicate lace fabric repeating ornate pattern shown flat background lace light ivory cream color fine hexagonal mesh small raised circular dots scattered vertical wavy embroidered lines creating panels scalloped lower edge featuring floral- motifs looping details background visible top bottom smooth mid-gray.