Caption

Lace fragment, Malines Mechelen lace, Henryków Heinrichau, varied background: point de neige type meshes and fanciful ones; contours of motifs highlighted with additional thread; mid-18th century; width 3 cm, length 50 cm., A horizontal strip of delicate lace with a floral and scroll pattern runs across a flat background; the lace is light-colored with intricate openwork, featuring a mix of solid embroidered flower shapes and fine netting with scalloped lower edges, and the background is a uniform cool gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_416

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50.8Mb (2.6Mb) / 20.0in x 9.9in / 6000 x 2959 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lace fragment Malines Mechelen lace Henryków Heinrichau varied background point de neige type meshes fanciful ones contours motifs highlighted additional thread mid-18th century width 3 cm length 50 cm horizontal strip delicate lace floral scroll pattern runs across flat background lace light-colored intricate openwork featuring mix solid embroidered flower shapes fine netting scalloped lower edges background uniform cool gray.