Caption

Collar, floral ornaments, semicircular shape obtained using darts with elongated corners, de brides type background with picots; lace, clothing accessory; 17th/18th century, Italy; width 15 cm, length 150 cm., A delicate semicircular lace collar with an open center displayed against a smooth background; the collar is made of fine crocheted or tatted lace forming a repeating network of small connected loops and floral-like motifs, with scalloped outer edges and slightly irregular inner edges. The lace appears off-white or cream in color, and the background is a uniform medium gray. The texture of the lace looks lightweight and airy, casting faint soft shadows on the background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_426

License type

Rights managed

Available size

93.9Mb (3.7Mb) / 20.0in x 18.2in / 6000 x 5469 (300dpi)

Keywords

Collar floral ornaments semicircular shape obtained using darts elongated corners de brides type background picots lace clothing accessory 17th 18th century Italy width 15 cm length 150 cm delicate semicircular collar open center displayed smooth background fine crocheted tatted forming repeating network small connected loops floral- motifs scalloped outer edges slightly irregular inner edges off-white cream color background uniform medium gray texture looks lightweight airy casting faint soft shadows background.