Caption

Lace fragment — shuttlecock;, mid-19th century, France. Lace clothing accessory shuttlecocks; lower edge with semicircular serrations bordered by 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. Dimensions: width 42 cm; length 430 cm., A repeating pattern of small embroidered floral motifs in an off-white or cream color set against a muted gray background with a fine hexagonal mesh texture, showing a regular grid arrangement of the floral elements and the translucent, net-like ground in shades of gray and cream.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_013

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (7.1Mb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (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 Dimensions width 42 cm length 430 cm repeating pattern small embroidered floral motifs off-white cream color set muted gray background fine hexagonal mesh texture showing regular grid arrangement floral elements translucent net- ground shades gray cream.