Caption

Lace fragment — shuttlecock; mid-19th century, France. Lace shuttlecocks, clothing accessories, fashion. 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. Material: lace. Width 42 cm; length 430 cm., A continuous length of sheer fabric with an overall pale cream embroidery against a muted gray background, featuring a repeating floral and vine motif with a scalloped embroidered edge; the design shows several vertical sprays of small leaves and blossoms, a few dotted accents scattered throughout, and a group of tiny mesh openings in the ground fabric.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_010

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 shuttlecocks clothing accessories fashion Lower edge semicircular serrations bordered fine serrations geometric ornament semicircular serrations upwards floral ornament repeating twig motif triangular divisions small twig regular projection Material lace Width 42 cm length 430 cm continuous length sheer fabric pale cream embroidery muted gray background featuring repeating floral vine motif scalloped embroidered edge design several vertical sprays small leaves blossoms dotted accents scattered group tiny mesh openings ground fabric.