Caption

Lace fragment, mid-18th century, France. Lace with an ornament carried on two edges and a free tendril also carried diagonally through the central part, creating large fields filled with a net of large knitted meshes. Fabric; width 3.5 cm, length 28 cm., A long strip of delicate lace in off-white and cream tones stretches horizontally against a smooth gray background, featuring a hexagonal open net pattern interspersed with denser embroidered motifs resembling rounded shapes and small floral forms, with a scalloped uneven top and bottom edge, visible loose threads and slight fraying along some edges, and subtle variations in the off-white color where the thicker embroidered areas appear a touch darker than the finer netting.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_315

License type

Rights managed

Available size

33.6Mb (1.5Mb) / 20.0in x 6.5in / 6000 x 1955 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lace fragment mid-18th century France Lace ornament carried two edges free tendril also carried diagonally central part creating large fields filled net large knitted meshes Fabric width 3.5 cm length 28 cm long strip delicate lace off-white cream tones stretches horizontally smooth gray background featuring hexagonal open net pattern interspersed denser embroidered motifs resembling rounded shapes small floral forms scalloped uneven top bottom edge visible loose threads slight fraying edges subtle variations off-white color thicker areas touch darker finer netting.