Caption

Lace fragment, needle lace Alençon style, 18th century, France. The edge features a broad floral ornament of repeated elaborate bouquets; the edge is serrated following the forms of flower calyxes repeated in threes. Above, against the mesh background, very small heart-shaped leaves are depicted. Lace fragment, width 8 cm, length 51 cm., A horizontal strip of delicate lace sits against a smooth background, showing an upper scalloped edge with ornate floral embroidery and flowing vine shapes, and a lower straight edge with a subtle hem; the lace field contains a repeating dotted textured pattern. The visible colors include off-white and cream in the lace contrasted with a muted gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_054

License type

Rights managed

Available size

46.6Mb (3.4Mb) / 20.0in x 9.1in / 6000 x 2715 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lace fragment needle lace Alençon style 18th century France edge features broad floral ornament repeated elaborate bouquets edge serrated following forms flower calyxes repeated threes mesh background small heart-shaped leaves depicted width 8 cm length 51 cm horizontal strip delicate lace sits smooth background showing upper scalloped ornate floral embroidery flowing vine shapes lower straight edge subtle hem lace field contains repeating dotted textured pattern visible colors include off-white cream lace contrasted muted gray background.