Caption

Lace fragment, lace, floral ornaments with rocaille motifs, over-stylized fan-shaped ribbons with arcades, twigs, dotted background, point de gaze background. Lower edge serrated to match motifs; upper edge straight with a bobbin insert. Some rose flowers formed in relief with petals separately made and attached by one edge. 1st half of the 19th century, France, width 15 cm, length 298 cm., The image shows a length of delicate lace with a floral and scroll pattern against a gray background; the lace is ivory or off-white and features a fine net ground dotted with small picot-like points, a scalloped lower edge with ornate motifs, and an upper straight edge with a narrow band; the design includes a group of stylized flowers, leaves, buds, and curling vines arranged in repeating panels, with varying stitch textures creating raised and open areas; visible colors are gray for the background and ivory or off-white for the lace.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_329

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61.7Mb (7.7Mb) / 20.0in x 12.0in / 6000 x 3596 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lace fragment lace floral ornaments rocaille motifs -stylized fan-shaped ribbons arcades twigs dotted background point de gaze background Lower edge serrated match motifs upper edge straight bobbin insert rose flowers formed relief petals separately attached edge 1st half 19th century France width 15 cm length 298 cm image length delicate lace floral scroll pattern gray background ivory off-white features fine net ground dotted small picot- points scalloped lower edge ornate motifs upper straight narrow band design includes group stylized flowers leaves buds curling vines arranged repeating panels varying stitch textures creating raised open areas visible colors gray background lace.