Caption

Lace fragment, Lace with floral ornaments, rocaille motifs, over-stylized fan-shaped ribbons with arcades, twigs, and dotted background. Point de gaze ground. Lower edge serrated to match motifs; upper edge straight with a bobbin insert. Some rose flowers are 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 decorative lace in cream color set against a gray background, featuring an intricate floral and botanical pattern with a few scalloped edges along the bottom, several repeating arched motifs, and a fine dotted mesh filling between the embroidered elements; the lace shows detailed leaf and flower shapes, curved vine-like lines, and a narrow woven border along the top.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_327

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 dotted background Point de gaze ground Lower edge serrated match motifs upper edge straight bobbin insert rose flowers relief petals separately attached edge 1st half 19th century France lace width 15 cm length 298 cm horizontal strip decorative lace cream color set gray background featuring intricate floral botanical pattern scalloped edges bottom several repeating arched motifs fine dotted mesh filling embroidered elements detailed leaf flower shapes curved vine- lines narrow woven border top.