Caption

Lace fragment — shuttlecock, mid-19th century, France. Lace shuttlecock for clothing accessory/fashion. Lower edge: semicircular serrations bordered with fine serrations with geometric ornament. From the semicircular serrations upwards: a repeating floral ornament with a twig motif in triangular divisions; above this, a small twig in regular projection. Width 42 cm, length 430 cm., A length of delicate lace fabric laid flat, showing a sheer net background in pale gray with an overall cream-colored embroidered floral motif; the embroidery forms a dense scalloped border along one edge with repeating vertical sprays of small cream flowers and scrollwork, and a sparser pattern of tiny cream floral clusters scattered above the border across the net; there are a few irregular holes and frayed areas near the opposite edge and several small brownish stains in places on the net; the background beneath the lace is a smooth medium gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_004

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.3Mb (5.6Mb) / 20.0in x 10.4in / 6000 x 3106 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lace fragment shuttlecock mid-19th century France Lace shuttlecock 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 Width 42 cm length 430 cm length delicate lace fabric laid flat showing sheer net background pale gray cream-colored embroidered floral motif embroidery forms dense scalloped border edge repeating vertical sprays small cream flowers scrollwork sparser pattern tiny cream floral clusters scattered border across net irregular holes frayed areas near opposite edge several small brownish stains places background beneath lace smooth medium gray.