[Lace] – Antique Wall Art
![[Lace], [1842] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/96/96b3b15308b9-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[Lace] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Few early photographs show their subject as plainly as this 1842 calotype of lace, where the fabric's fine openwork and delicate threads make the process's capacity for detail obvious. William Henry Fox Talbot introduced the calotype and patented it in 1841, and its paper negatives allowed multiple prints from a single exposure, unlike the one-of-a-kind daguerreotype. Lace was a favorite test subject for early photographers because its intricate, mostly flat patterns challenged exposure and sharpness, and it also recalled a craft still widely practiced by hand. Worth noticing is how the translucent threads turn into a web of light and shadow, making the picture both a study of textile design and a demonstration of the new medium.
| Created / published | [1842] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : calotype ; image 22.7 x 18.8 cm. on paper 9 x 7 1/2 in. |
| Genre | Calotypes 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Purchase; Hubbard Fund; 1967 April 3. |
| Subjects | Lace and lace making--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,737 × 4,662 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221850 |
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