Caption

Fragment of lace, needle lace Alençon lace, 19th century, France, from Henryków German: Heinrichau, lace, width 6 cm, length 93 cm, A horizontal strip of delicate off-white lace runs across a gray background, showing a scalloped upper edge with a textured trim and a straight lower edge. The lace has a fine hexagonal netting with a repeating pattern of small floral-like clusters raised in off-white thread, spaced evenly across the strip. The scalloped top features loops and small rounded motifs in the same off-white color, and there are subtle shadows where the lace lies against the flat gray surface. The visible colors are off-white and gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_459

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.9Mb (3.2Mb) / 20.0in x 10.5in / 6000 x 3137 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment lace needle lace Alençon lace 19th century France Henryków German Heinrichau width 6 cm length 93 cm horizontal strip delicate off-white lace runs across gray background showing scalloped upper edge textured trim straight lower edge fine hexagonal netting repeating pattern small floral- clusters raised off-white thread spaced evenly across strip scalloped top features loops small rounded motifs off-white color subtle shadows lace lies flat gray surface visible colors off-white gray.