Caption

Fragment of lace, lace of, 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 17 cm, length 86 cm., A long horizontal piece of lace laid flat against a solid background, showing a scalloped upper edge with an ornate repeating floral motif and a lower straight edge with small fragments and a few loose threads; the lace fabric is a delicate net with an all-over pattern of small clustered berry-like shapes and paired leaf motifs scattered across the field, while the top border features larger rounded floral designs with radiating internal stitching and trailing leaf sprays; visible colors include cream in the lace and a mid-tone gray for the background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_114

License type

Rights managed

Available size

33.3Mb (2.4Mb) / 20.0in x 6.5in / 6000 x 1938 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment lace plant ornaments slightly serrated lower edge shell motifs sprouting twigs projections smaller twigs 2nd half 19th century Europe Lace width 17 cm length 86 cm long horizontal piece laid flat solid background showing scalloped upper edge ornate repeating floral motif lower straight edge small fragments loose threads lace fabric delicate net - pattern small clustered berry- shapes paired leaf motifs scattered across field top border features larger rounded floral designs radiating internal stitching trailing leaf sprays visible colors include cream mid-tone gray background.