Caption

Lace fragment — shuttlecock;, mid-19th century France. Lace shuttlecocks; clothing accessory for fashion. Lower edge: semicircular serrations bordered with fine serrations with geometric ornament. From the semicircular serrations upwards: repeating floral ornament with a twig motif in triangular divisions; above this, a small twig in a regular projection. Lace; width 42 cm, length 430 cm., A long piece of delicate lace fabric laid flat showing an intricate repeating embroidered floral pattern with a scalloped lower edge; the lace is mainly off-white and cream with areas of slight discoloration, set against a smooth gray background; the fabric has a fine netted ground with a few irregular holes and some frayed edges along the top, and the embroidery forms denser floral motifs along the bottom that become more sparse toward the top.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_002

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.3Mb (5.3Mb) / 20.0in x 10.4in / 6000 x 3106 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lace fragment shuttlecock mid-19th century France Lace shuttlecocks clothing accessory fashion Lower edge semicircular serrations bordered fine serrations geometric ornament semicircular serrations upwards repeating floral ornament twig motif triangular divisions small twig regular projection Lace width 42 cm length 430 cm long piece delicate lace fabric laid flat showing intricate embroidered floral pattern scalloped lower edge lace mainly off-white cream areas slight discoloration set smooth gray background fabric fine netted ground irregular holes frayed edges top embroidery forms denser floral motifs bottom sparse top.