Object Details
- described
- Whitlock, Ella Brainerd
- referenced
- Whitlock, Brand
- facilitator
- Hoover, Herbert
- unknown
- Description
- This round tablecloth is decorated with the American and Belgian shields, and the Whitlock family crest. Mr. Brand Whitlock was the American envoy and later ambassador to Belgium from 1914 to 1921. Mrs. Brand Whitlock worked tirelessly on behalf of the Belgian lace makers during World War I.
- The center of the tablecloth is Old Flanders style bobbin lace with needle lace ground. The same lace pattern is used in TE*T14468A and TE*T14468B. A wide border of point de Venise style needle lace surrounds the four shields. Belgian lace makers made this tablecloth during World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Vicomtesse de Beughem
- made during
- 1914-1918
- ID Number
- TE.E383963
- catalog number
- E383963
- accession number
- 172208
- Object Name
- lace
- table topper
- war lace
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- bobbin and needle laces (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 28 1/2 in; 72.39 cm
- place made
- Belgium
- national seal depicted
- Belgium
- national emblem depicted
- United States
- Related Publication
- Kellogg, Charlotte (Hoffman). Bobbins of Belgium: A Book of Belgian Lace, Lace-Workers, Lace-Schools and Lace-Villages
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- National Museum of American History
- web subject
- Lace
- European History
- depicted
- coat-of-arms
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_626122
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-662d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
