Caption

Fragment of needle lace of the point d'Alençon type. Cream, with a mesh background of twigs, leaves, stars, rhombuses. 18th century, France . Needle lace, width 4.7 cm, length 73.5 cm., Repossession provenance noted; Henryków German: Heinrichau mentioned., A strip of delicate openwork lace in off-white and cream tones lies horizontally against a smooth gray background; the lace features a fine hexagonal net ground with a scalloped top edge and a straight bottom edge, decorated with a scattering of small raised floral motifs and clusters of looped thread creating tiny flowers and leaves, along with a few irregular holes and worn areas; the top border shows a slightly more textured, knotted lace pattern while the bottom border has a narrow band of denser looping.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_329

License type

Rights managed

Available size

46.6Mb (2.4Mb) / 20.0in x 9.1in / 6000 x 2715 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment needle lace point d'Alençon type Cream mesh background twigs leaves stars rhombuses 18th century France Needle lace width 4.7 cm length 73.5 cm Repossession provenance noted Henryków German Heinrichau mentioned strip delicate openwork lace off-white cream tones lies horizontally smooth gray background lace features fine hexagonal net ground scalloped top edge straight bottom edge decorated scattering small raised floral motifs clusters looped thread creating tiny flowers irregular holes worn areas top border slightly textured knotted lace pattern bottom border narrow band denser looping.