Object Details
- described
- Whitlock, Ella Brainerd
- unknown
- Description
- This tablecloth is embellished with padded satin stitch embroidery and Point de Venise style needle lace. The center insets feature the coats-of-arms of the Allies: Romania, Belgium, Montenegro, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, Serbia, Italy, France, and Portugal. The triangular insets with oak leaves and acorn motifs symbolize strength and endurance.
- Embroidered around the border is “1914 A MRS BRAND WHITLOCK 1915 1916 HOMMAGE RECONNAISSANT DES DENTELLIERES BELGES 1917” (1914 to Mrs. Brand Whitlock 1915 1916 grateful tribute from the Belgian lace makers 1917). The lace and embroidery was made by Belgian women during World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Vicomtesse de Beughem
- made during
- 1917-1918
- part of design
- 1915
- 1916
- 1917
- made during
- 1918
- part of design
- 1914
- ID Number
- TE.E383960
- catalog number
- E383960
- accession number
- 172208
- Object Name
- lace
- tablecloth
- war lace
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- linen (weaving material)
- cotton (needle lace, embroidery material)
- needle lace (overall production method/technique)
- embroidery, cut work (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 76 1/2 in x 45 in; 194.31 cm x 114.3 cm
- place made
- Belgium
- depicted
- Belgium
- Romania
- Montenegro
- Japan
- Russia
- United Kingdom
- Serbia
- Italy
- France
- Portugal
- Related Publication
- Kellogg, Charlotte (Hoffman). Bobbins of Belgium: A Book of Belgian Lace, Lace-Workers, Lace-Schools and Lace-Villages
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- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- War Laces
- Lace
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- web subject
- Lace
- Embroidery
- depicted
- coat-of-arms
- web subject
- European History
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_625886
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-607c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
