Caption

Lace fragment, Lace, unknown provenance. Plant ornaments. The lower edge is gently serrated with flat arches, bordered with a band of fine, bobbin-shaped teeth looped onto the mesh. Ornament elements made with chain and bobbin-shaped techniques. Bobbin-shaped mesh, handmade. 2nd half of the 19th century, Europe. Lace, width 26.5 cm, length 283 cm., A strip of delicate lace with a scalloped top edge and a straight bottom edge, featuring an embroidered floral and vine pattern in a light cream color against a neutral gray background; the design includes several small rosette motifs, looping tendrils, and elongated leaf shapes, with scattered tiny raised dots across the netted fabric, and subtle variations in the cream thread creating slight texture contrast.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_355

License type

Rights managed

Available size

46.6Mb (7.6Mb) / 20.0in x 9.1in / 6000 x 2715 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lace fragment Lace unknown provenance Plant ornaments lower edge gently serrated flat arches bordered band fine bobbin-shaped teeth looped mesh Ornament elements chain bobbin-shaped techniques Bobbin-shaped mesh handmade 2nd half 19th century Europe width 26.5 cm length 283 cm strip delicate lace scalloped top edge straight bottom edge featuring embroidered floral vine pattern light cream color neutral gray background design includes several small rosette motifs looping tendrils elongated leaf shapes scattered tiny raised dots across netted fabric subtle variations cream thread creating slight texture contrast.