Caption

Lace fragment, As a background for the floral point clair ornament, the preserved fragment is a section of a straight strip. The edge is a narrow strip with a leaf motif. Above, a floral tendril composed by repeating a bouquet, with a carnation cornflower? in the center. Next to the tendril are small dots in a regular pattern. Mid-19th century, France. Lace, width 10.5 cm, length 162 cm., A horizontal band of delicate lace in pale cream is shown against a flat gray background, featuring a repeating floral design with a few larger stylized blossoms and several smaller flower clusters connected by looping stems and tiny circular motifs; the lace ground is made of a hexagonal open mesh with a scalloped cream edging along the top and a straight finished cream edge along the bottom, and the overall palette includes cream and gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_350

License type

Rights managed

Available size

46.6Mb (5.3Mb) / 20.0in x 9.1in / 6000 x 2715 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lace fragment background floral point clair ornament preserved fragment section straight strip edge narrow strip leaf motif floral tendril composed repeating bouquet carnation cornflower center Next tendril small dots regular pattern Mid-19th century France Lace width 10.5 cm length 162 cm horizontal band delicate lace pale cream shown flat gray background featuring repeating floral design larger stylized blossoms several smaller flower clusters connected looping stems tiny circular motifs lace ground hexagonal open mesh scalloped cream edging top straight finished cream edge bottom palette includes cream gray.