Caption

Lace fragment — shuttlecock, mid-19th century, France. Lace clothing accessory shuttlecocks. 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 a regular projection. Materials: lace. Width 42 cm; length 430 cm., A rectangular piece of delicate lace fabric laid flat, showing a sheer fine net background in pale gray with an overall off-white embroidered floral pattern; the top edge is uneven and slightly frayed with a few irregular holes, while the bottom edge has a scalloped border of denser floral embroidery. The embroidery consists of a repeated small sprig motif across the upper area and a larger, more intricate series of floral sprays and vine-like patterns near the scalloped edge. There are a few small darker discolorations on the lace, and several circular holes of varying sizes scattered across the fabric. The visible colors are pale gray in the background, off-white for the embroidery, and small areas of light brown discoloration.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_006

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Rights managed

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53.3Mb (7.2Mb) / 20.0in x 10.4in / 6000 x 3106 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lace fragment shuttlecock mid-19th century France Lace clothing accessory shuttlecocks Lower edge semicircular serrations bordered fine serrations geometric ornament semicircular serrations upwards repeating floral ornament twig motif triangular divisions small twig regular projection Materials lace Width 42 cm length 430 cm rectangular piece delicate fabric laid flat showing sheer fine net background pale gray off-white embroidered floral pattern top edge uneven slightly frayed irregular holes bottom edge scalloped border denser floral embroidery embroidery consists repeated small sprig motif across upper area larger intricate series floral sprays vine- patterns near scalloped edge small darker discolorations several circular holes varying sizes scattered across visible colors background off-white embroidery small areas light brown discoloration.