Caption

Lace fragment, lace, Binche lace, Henryków German: Heinrichau, clothing accessory, needle lace with point de neige background, straight edges, mid-18th century, Binche, width 3.5 cm, length 37 cm, A horizontal strip of delicate lace in an off-white or cream color runs across a smooth, muted gray background; the lace features a repeating floral and vine pattern with openwork areas and fine netting, scalloped tiny loops along the top and bottom edges, and a few small loose threads visible along the lower edge, while the background shows subtle variations of gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_410

License type

Rights managed

Available size

31.7Mb (1.9Mb) / 20.0in x 6.2in / 6000 x 1846 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lace fragment lace Binche lace Henryków German Heinrichau clothing accessory needle lace point de neige background straight edges mid-18th century Binche width 3.5 cm length 37 cm horizontal strip delicate lace off-white cream color runs across smooth muted gray background lace features repeating floral vine pattern openwork areas fine netting scalloped tiny loops top bottom edges small loose threads visible lower edge background subtle variations gray.