Caption

Fragment of lace, lace, plant ornaments, slightly serrated lower edge with shell motifs and sprouting twigs, above it projections of smaller twigs, 2nd half of the 19th century, Europe, lace, width 20 cm, length 161 cm, A length of delicate lace fabric laid flat on a gray background, showing a scalloped decorative edge and floral motifs worked into a fine net ground; the lace appears in shades of cream and off-white against the medium gray backdrop, with a repeating pattern of circular floral rosettes along the scalloped border and small clustered floral sprays scattered across the mesh, and with irregular torn edges and a few overlaps where the lace layers cross.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_104

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61.1Mb (3.4Mb) / 20.0in x 11.9in / 6000 x 3559 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment lace plant ornaments slightly serrated lower edge shell motifs sprouting twigs projections smaller twigs 2nd half 19th century Europe width 20 cm length 161 cm length delicate lace fabric laid flat gray background showing scalloped decorative edge floral motifs worked fine net ground shades cream off-white medium gray backdrop repeating pattern circular floral rosettes scalloped border small clustered floral sprays scattered across mesh irregular torn edges overlaps lace layers cross.