Fragment of lace, Alençon lace decorated with small twigs in projections and a tendril with feathery leaves running parallel to the edge against a mesh background; 2nd half of the 18th century, France, lace; width 8.5 cm, length 58.5 cm., A horizontal strip of delicate lace in off-white spans the image against a flat gray background, with a pattern of small embroidered floral motifs on a fine hexagonal mesh above a band of more densely stitched leafy vine designs; the lace edge shows a scalloped trim and a few loose threads, and there are a few small darker brown spots on the fabric.
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Fragment of lace, Alençon lace decorated with small twigs in projections and a tendril with feathery leaves running parallel to the edge against a mesh background; 2nd half of the 18th century, France, lace; width 8.5 cm, length 58.5 cm., A horizontal strip of delicate lace in off-white spans the image against a flat gray background, with a pattern of small embroidered floral motifs on a fine hexagonal mesh above a band of more densely stitched leafy vine designs; the lace edge shows a scalloped trim and a few loose threads, and there are a few small darker brown spots on the fabric.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_483

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Rights managed

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46.6Mb (3.2Mb) / 20.0in x 9.1in / 6000 x 2715 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment lace Alençon decorated small twigs projections tendril feathery leaves running parallel edge mesh background 2nd half 18th century France width 8.5 cm length 58.5 cm horizontal strip delicate lace off-white spans image flat gray background pattern small embroidered floral motifs fine hexagonal mesh band densely stitched leafy vine designs lace edge scalloped trim loose threads small darker brown spots fabric.

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