Caption

Lace fragment, lace with floral ornaments, 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 worked in relief with petals made separately and attached by one edge; 1st half of the 19th century; France probable; lace; width 15 cm, length 298 cm., A length of delicate lace with an intricate floral and foliate pattern laid against a neutral background, showing a scalloped lower edge and a straight upper border; the lace features a fine hexagonal mesh filled with a group of embroidered flowers, leaves, scrolls, and small dot motifs, with emphasized outlines and textured fill stitches creating raised details; visible colors include off-white or cream embroidery atop a medium gray background, with subtle variations in the cream threads giving a slightly warm tone against the cool gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_330

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61.7Mb (5.5Mb) / 20.0in x 12.0in / 6000 x 3596 (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 worked relief petals separately attached edge 1st half 19th century France probable width 15 cm length 298 cm length delicate lace intricate floral foliate pattern laid neutral background showing scalloped lower edge straight upper border lace features fine hexagonal mesh filled group embroidered flowers leaves scrolls small dot motifs emphasized outlines textured fill stitches creating raised details visible colors include off-white cream embroidery atop medium gray background subtle variations cream threads giving slightly warm tone cool gray.