Caption

Lace fragment, lace with an ornament carried on two edges by a free tendril and carried diagonally through the central part, creating large fields filled with a net of large knitted meshes; mid-18th century, France; fabric; width 3.5 cm, length 28 cm., A long narrow strip of lace placed against a gray background, showing a delicate openwork pattern with a scalloped top edge and an irregular bottom edge; the lace features a honeycomb-like mesh interspersed with floral and leaf motifs and raised corded outlines, and a small patch of slightly darker fabric is attached near one end; visible colors include off-white and cream in the lace and patch, and gray in the background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_313

License type

Rights managed

Available size

24.1Mb (930.8Kb) / 20.0in x 4.7in / 6000 x 1403 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lace fragment lace ornament carried two edges free tendril carried diagonally central part creating large fields filled net large knitted meshes mid-18th century France fabric width 3.5 cm length 28 cm long narrow strip lace placed gray background showing delicate openwork pattern scalloped top edge irregular bottom edge lace features honeycomb- mesh interspersed floral leaf motifs raised corded outlines small patch slightly darker fabric attached near visible colors include off-white cream patch gray background.