Caption

Fragment of lace, lace with 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 delicate piece of netted fabric with an embroidered scalloped top edge in an off-white or cream color laid against a flat gray background, showing a repeating floral and vine motif along the upper border with smaller clustered berry-and-leaf designs scattered below; the netting has a fine diamond mesh and irregular torn lower edges, and the embroidery stitches and raised threadwork create subtle texture and shadow on the cream and gray surfaces.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_108

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61.4Mb (5.4Mb) / 20.0in x 11.9in / 6000 x 3576 (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 delicate piece netted fabric embroidered scalloped top edge off-white cream color laid flat gray background showing repeating floral vine motif upper border smaller clustered berry- -leaf designs scattered netting fine diamond mesh irregular torn lower edges embroidery stitches raised threadwork create subtle texture shadow cream gray surfaces.