Gallon-lace, galloons haberdashery, origin unknown, haberdashery, 18th/19th century, France, fabric, width 2.7 cm, length 73 cm, A narrow horizontal textile strip lies against a smooth background, showing an open, loosely woven structure with a decorative lower edge of looped scallops; the material has a metallic sheen and appears gold in color, with the background visible through the mesh in gray tones, and some slight variations where threads catch the light giving brighter and darker golden highlights.
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Gallon-lace, galloons haberdashery, origin unknown, haberdashery, 18th/19th century, France, fabric, width 2.7 cm, length 73 cm, A narrow horizontal textile strip lies against a smooth background, showing an open, loosely woven structure with a decorative lower edge of looped scallops; the material has a metallic sheen and appears gold in color, with the background visible through the mesh in gray tones, and some slight variations where threads catch the light giving brighter and darker golden highlights.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A13_345

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Gallon-lace galloons haberdashery origin unknown haberdashery 18th 19th century France fabric width 2.7 cm length 73 cm narrow horizontal textile strip lies smooth background showing open loosely woven structure decorative lower edge looped scallops material metallic sheen gold color background visible mesh gray tones slight variations threads catch light giving brighter darker golden highlights.

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