Object Details
- Verporte, Edy
- Description
- This cotton, point de gaze style, needle lace medallion was made to commemorate the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909 held in Seattle, Washington. The lace was designed and made by Eduord Marie Verpoorten (Edy Verporte) a native of Belgium, living in Spokane. The medallion depicts the official seal of the exposition. One of the three women is holding a steamship carrying goods from the Orient, another is holding gold from Alaska and the third holds a locomotive bringing wealth to the American Continent. Mrs. Verpoorten was awarded the Grand Prize for her lace.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Margaret Lee Feliz Sherlock & Warren C. Sherlock
- 1909
- ID Number
- 2003.0186.1
- accession number
- 2003.0186
- catalog number
- 2003.0186.1
- Object Name
- lace medallion
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- needle lace, point de gaze (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall diameter: 5 in; 12.7 cm
- place made
- United States: Washington, Spokane
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Lace
- Art
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Lace
- Lace Making
- Needle Lace
- related event
- Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
- Record ID
- nmah_1322190
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-43b3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
