Caption

Lace fragment, bobbin lace with relief edges made with a needle on a tulle background, featuring a motif of large flowers rosettes and bells and leaves. 19th century, Brussels. Lace, fabric; width 15 cm, length 110 cm., A horizontal length of lace with an off-white to cream color sits against a gray background, showing an openwork net ground decorated with a floral and leaf pattern in raised corded stitching; large stylized flowers, bell-shaped blossoms, clusters of small round buds, and elongated leaves form an overall repeating design, with scalloped upper edges and a straight lower edge featuring a narrow openwork border; the lace texture varies between fine netting and denser embroidered areas, and the visible colors are cream, off-white, and gray from the background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_401

License type

Rights managed

Available size

43.2Mb (4.5Mb) / 20.0in x 8.4in / 6000 x 2519 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lace fragment bobbin lace relief edges needle tulle background featuring motif large flowers rosettes bells leaves 19th century Brussels Lace fabric width 15 cm length 110 cm horizontal length lace off-white cream color sits gray background showing openwork net ground decorated floral leaf pattern raised corded stitching large stylized flowers bell-shaped blossoms clusters small round buds elongated form repeating design scalloped upper edges straight lower edge featuring narrow openwork border lace texture varies fine netting denser embroidered areas visible colors cream gray background.