Caption

Lace fragment — shuttlecock;, Mid-19th century, France. Lace clothing accessory 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 sheer net fabric with a repeating floral motif embroidered in off-white thread over a gray background, showing a few small holes and a group of light brown stains near the top, with the netting forming a hexagonal mesh pattern throughout.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_014

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 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 sheer net fabric repeating floral motif embroidered off-white thread gray background showing small holes group light brown stains near top netting forming hexagonal mesh pattern .