Caption

Lace fragment, needle lace Alençon lace, A flower branch parallel to the edge. Above the branch, in the projection, circles made of small circles. Below the branch, on the edge, a row of small circles, the edge corresponding to the circles—small semicircular serrations. 18th century, France, lace, width 6.5 cm, length 32 cm, A horizontal strip of delicate lace in shades of off-white and cream lies against a flat gray background, showing a repeating floral and geometric pattern with a scalloped top edge and a straighter bottom edge; the lace fabric has a fine hexagonal mesh with a few raised knot-like floral motifs and looping vine-like designs, and there are small irregular frayed threads along the lower edge.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_466

License type

Rights managed

Available size

46.6Mb (3.1Mb) / 20.0in x 9.1in / 6000 x 2715 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lace fragment needle lace Alençon lace flower branch parallel edge branch projection circles small circles row edge corresponding small semicircular serrations 18th century France lace width 6.5 cm length 32 cm horizontal strip delicate lace shades off-white cream lies flat gray background showing repeating floral geometric pattern scalloped top edge straighter bottom edge lace fabric fine hexagonal mesh raised knot- floral motifs looping vine- designs small irregular frayed threads lower edge.