Caption

Lace fragment, needle lace, Alençon lace, one-sided geometric edge ornament with alternating ovals and quatrefoils; above, against a mesh background, asymmetrical twigs and dots are projected. 18th century, France. Lace; width 9 cm, length 29 cm., A rectangular piece of delicate lace displayed against a gray background, showing a fine hexagonal net ground in a beige or off-white color with a scalloped lower edge, an ornate lower border of interconnected oval and floral loop motifs in beige with raised corded outlines, and a field above scattered with a few small looped floral sprigs and dots in the same beige tone; the overall palette is beige and off-white set on gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_055

License type

Rights managed

Available size

46.6Mb (3.2Mb) / 20.0in x 9.1in / 6000 x 2715 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lace fragment needle lace Alençon lace -sided geometric edge ornament alternating ovals quatrefoils mesh background asymmetrical twigs dots projected 18th century France Lace width 9 cm length 29 cm rectangular piece delicate lace displayed gray background showing fine hexagonal net ground beige off-white color scalloped lower edge ornate lower border interconnected oval floral loop motifs raised corded outlines field scattered small looped floral sprigs beige tone palette off-white set gray.