Caption

Fragment of lace, Malines Mechelen lace, 18th century, Henryków German: Heinrichau, lace, width 6 cm, length 62 cm., A horizontal strip of delicate white lace with a scalloped upper edge rests against a muted gray background; the lace features a repeating floral bouquet motif worked in fine thread over a hexagonal net ground, showing a row of scallops with ornate flower clusters and textured stems, and the lower edge of the lace has a subtle finished border with a few small loose threads. The visible colors are white in the lace and gray in the background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_310

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51.2Mb (3.1Mb) / 20.0in x 9.9in / 6000 x 2983 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment lace Malines Mechelen lace 18th century Henryków German Heinrichau width 6 cm length 62 cm horizontal strip delicate white lace scalloped upper edge rests muted gray background lace features repeating floral bouquet motif worked fine thread hexagonal net ground showing row scallops ornate flower clusters textured stems lower edge subtle finished border small loose threads visible colors white gray background.