Caption

Fragment of lace, creator unknown, 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 strip of delicate lace with an open net background in gray and cream tones, featuring a repeating floral border along the top with ornate fan-shaped blossoms and scalloped edging in cream, and a pattern of small clustered berry motifs and paired leaves scattered across the lower area; the lace shows frayed edges and loose threads along the bottom and right sides, and the overall colors visible are cream and gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_115

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.7Mb (3.7Mb) / 20.0in x 10.4in / 6000 x 3129 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment lace creator unknown plant ornaments slightly serrated lower edge shell motifs sprouting twigs projections smaller twigs 2nd half 19th century Europe width 17 cm length 86 cm strip delicate lace open net background gray cream tones featuring repeating floral border top ornate fan-shaped blossoms scalloped edging cream pattern small clustered berry motifs paired leaves scattered across lower area frayed edges loose threads bottom right sides colors visible gray.