Caption

Lace fragment, lace, 18th century, Europe, fabric, width 20 cm, length 120 cm, A piece of delicate net fabric with a repeating decorative pattern, showing a scalloped lower edge and a narrow straight top edge, rendered in shades of beige and gold against a muted gray background; the netting forms a diamond mesh with thicker embroidered outlines creating a mix of curved paisley-like shapes, small oval motifs, and textured fill areas, all in varying warm beige and metallic gold tones, with subtle shadows and highlights that emphasize the woven texture and slight irregularities in the embroidery.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_416

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (9.1Mb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lace fragment lace 18th century Europe fabric width 20 cm length 120 cm piece delicate net fabric repeating decorative pattern showing scalloped lower edge narrow straight top edge rendered shades beige gold muted gray background netting forms diamond mesh thicker embroidered outlines creating mix curved paisley- shapes small oval motifs textured fill areas varying warm beige metallic gold tones subtle shadows highlights emphasize woven texture slight irregularities embroidery.