Caption

Lace fragment, lace, floral ornaments with rocaille motifs, over-stylized fan-shaped ribbons with arcades, and twigs; dots in the background; point de gaze background; lower edge serrated to match motifs, upper edge straight with a bobbin insert; some rose flowers made in relief with petals made separately and attached by one edge; 1st half of the 19th century; France, lace; width 15 cm, length 298 cm., A horizontal strip of lace with an intricate floral and leafy pattern in off-white against a medium gray background, showing a scalloped lower edge and a straight upper border; the lace features a mix of solid embroidered motifs and delicate openwork, with several clusters of stylized flowers, curling vines, small dot-like accents, and leafy sprigs repeated across the length, and ornamental curved arches and fan-like shapes integrated into the lower scalloped section.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_326

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36.9Mb (4.4Mb) / 20.0in x 7.2in / 6000 x 2147 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lace fragment lace floral ornaments rocaille motifs -stylized fan-shaped ribbons arcades twigs dots background point de gaze background lower edge serrated match motifs upper edge straight bobbin insert rose flowers relief petals separately attached edge 1st half 19th century France width 15 cm length 298 cm horizontal strip intricate floral leafy pattern off-white medium gray background showing scalloped lower edge straight upper border lace features mix solid embroidered motifs delicate openwork several clusters stylized flowers curling vines small dot- accents leafy sprigs repeated across length ornamental curved arches fan- shapes integrated lower scalloped section.