Caption

Shawl, shawl; purchase provenance; clothing accessory; women's clothing; fashion; lace with serrated edges; design includes twigs with two flowers in the bends and curling flower twigs in the middle part; 19th century, Europe; length 48 cm, width 260 cm., A wide horizontal piece of lace with a repeated floral pattern in off-white and cream tones set against a muted gray background, featuring a scalloped top and bottom edge formed by clusters of embroidered flowers, leaves, and curling vines, with several larger rosette-like blossoms and a group of smaller filler flowers and foliage arranged symmetrically across the fabric, the lace showing variations in texture where the dense embroidery contrasts with the finer netted sections, and a few tiny irregularities in the thread color and weave.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_375

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.2Mb (5.0Mb) / 20.0in x 10.3in / 6000 x 3098 (300dpi)

Keywords

Shawl shawl purchase provenance clothing accessory women's clothing fashion lace serrated edges design includes twigs two flowers bends curling flower twigs middle part 19th century Europe length 48 cm width 260 cm wide horizontal piece repeated floral pattern off-white cream tones set muted gray background featuring scalloped top bottom edge formed clusters embroidered flowers leaves curling vines several larger rosette- blossoms group smaller filler flowers foliage arranged symmetrically across fabric showing variations texture dense embroidery contrasts finer netted sections tiny irregularities thread color weave.