Caption

Lace fragment - shuttlecock, mid-19th century, France. Lace shuttlecock used as a clothing accessory/fashion item. Lower edge: semicircular serrations bordered with fine serrations with geometric ornament. From the semicircular serrations upwards: a floral ornament repeating with a twig motif in triangular divisions; above this, a small twig in a regular projection. Materials: lace. Dimensions: width 42 cm, length 430 cm., A length of delicate off-white lace fabric with a scalloped bottom edge and an irregular top edge, laid flat against a gray background; the lace has a repeating floral and leafy embroidered pattern that becomes denser toward the scalloped edge, with a sheer net-like ground showing a few small holes and some tiny darker spots; the visible colors are off-white for the lace and shades of gray for the background and the sheer areas.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_009

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (8.9Mb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lace fragment - shuttlecock mid-19th century France Lace shuttlecock clothing accessory fashion item Lower edge semicircular serrations bordered fine serrations geometric ornament semicircular serrations upwards floral ornament repeating twig motif triangular divisions small twig regular projection Materials lace Dimensions width 42 cm length 430 cm length delicate off-white lace fabric scalloped bottom edge irregular top edge laid flat gray background repeating floral leafy embroidered pattern becomes denser scalloped edge sheer net- ground showing small holes tiny darker spots visible colors off-white shades gray background sheer areas.