Caption

Fragment of lace, lace, 17th/18th century, Belgium, fabric lace, width 34 cm, length 67 cm, A rectangular piece of openwork fabric with a lacy, net-like background and an overlaid ornate pattern, shown against a plain light gray background; the textile is primarily metallic gold in color with variations in tone where the threads form denser motifs, and there are areas of darker gold giving subtle contrast; the lace edges are irregular and scalloped, and the patterned sections form a repeating series of rounded and diamond-like shapes created from thicker, textured gold threads; overall the piece appears thin and delicate with visible holes in the net and slight fraying at the borders.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_358

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60.1Mb (6.7Mb) / 20.0in x 11.7in / 6000 x 3501 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment lace 17th 18th century Belgium fabric lace width 34 cm length 67 cm rectangular piece openwork fabric lacy net- background overlaid ornate pattern shown plain light gray background textile primarily metallic gold color variations tone threads form denser motifs areas darker gold giving subtle contrast lace edges irregular scalloped patterned sections form repeating series rounded diamond- shapes created thicker textured gold threads piece thin delicate visible holes net slight fraying borders.