Object Details
- described
- Mitchell, Augusta Virginia
- designer of center motif
- de Rudder, Maria
- Description
- This square panel with a Point de Venise needle lace center depicts cherubs holding a banner with the inscription “AUGUSTA-VIRGINIA”. The donor’s mother Augusta Virginia Mitchell owned the lace. Her daughter, the Vicomtesse de Beughem, was one of four women in charge of the Lace Committee during World War I and possibly commissioned it for her mother.
- Another possibility for the Augusta-Virginia inscription might be to honor the 116th Infantry Regiment from Augusta, Virginia, who fought in the battle of Meuse-Argonne, France in November 1918.
- The center is designed by the Belgian painter Maria de Rudder and symbolizes the children of Holland sprinkling the Belgian children with flowers of abundance. For the matching pillow sham see TE*T14468B. Both were made by Belgian lace makers during World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Lewis Einstein and her sister Vicomtesse de Beughem
- made during
- 1915-1918
- ID Number
- TE.T14468A
- catalog number
- T14468A
- accession number
- 276575
- Object Name
- lace
- decorative panel
- war lace
- lace, war lace
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- needle lace (overall production method/technique)
- bobbin and needle lace (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 56 in x 56 in; 142.24 cm x 142.24 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
- Art
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- web subject
- Lace
- European History
- Subject
- World War I
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_625890
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-6086-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
