Object Details
- facilitator
- Hoover, Herbert
- unknown
- Description
- Both ends of this table scarf are decorated with the seals of the United States and Belgium. A cornucopia spilling from the US shield to the Belgian shield symbolizes generosity from the American people toward the Belgian people.
- The table scarf, with delicate handmade floral designs of Point de Gaze needle lace and mixed Brussels bobbin and needle lace, is appliquéd to machine made net. Belgian lace makers made this during World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Vicomtesse de Beughem
- made during
- 1914-1919
- ID Number
- TE.E383968
- catalog number
- E383968
- accession number
- 172208
- Object Name
- lace
- table cover
- war lace
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- bobbin lace, needle lace (overall production method/technique)
- machine made lace net (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 108 in x 32 in; 274.32 cm x 81.28 cm
- place made
- Belgium
- 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
- coat-of-arms
- European History
- used
- Cotton
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_627513
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-495f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
