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 delicate lace fabric with an off-white embroidered floral and vine pattern set against a gray background, featuring a scalloped top edge with ornate curving motifs and small embroidered flowers, trailing stems with leaves and clusters of round embroidered berry-like shapes, a fine hexagonal mesh filling the spaces between the motifs, and visible subtle variations in the off-white thread and gray behind it.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_117

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (5.8Mb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (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 delicate lace fabric off-white embroidered floral vine pattern set gray background featuring scalloped top edge ornate curving motifs small flowers trailing stems leaves clusters round berry- shapes fine hexagonal mesh filling spaces visible subtle variations off-white thread gray .