Caption

Lace fragment, floral ornaments, Malines lace, pattern with motifs of winding ribbons, flowers, and rococo elements; Point de drochelle background. 2nd half of the 18th century, Mechelen. Lace, width 3.5 cm, length 83 cm., A narrow strip of delicate lace runs horizontally across a flat gray background, showing an intricate openwork pattern with floral and leaf motifs, scalloped upper edge and a straighter lower edge, featuring areas of fine netting, looped decorative borders, and denser embroidered sections; the lace is primarily off-white or cream against a medium gray backdrop.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_307

License type

Rights managed

Available size

43.2Mb (3.0Mb) / 20.0in x 8.4in / 6000 x 2519 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lace fragment floral ornaments Malines lace pattern motifs winding ribbons flowers rococo elements Point de drochelle background 2nd half 18th century Mechelen Lace width 3.5 cm length 83 cm narrow strip delicate lace runs horizontally across flat gray background showing intricate openwork pattern floral leaf motifs scalloped upper edge straighter lower edge featuring areas fine netting looped decorative borders denser embroidered sections lace primarily off-white cream medium gray backdrop.