Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Bobbin lace sampler made by a beginner lacemaker, on the Torchon Lace Co.'s lace pillow, (2016.0048.11) with ecru cotton thread. Alternating sections of half stitch, linen stitch and torchon ground. When taken off the pattern, the lace is longer and narrower due to the springy nature of the cotton thread, which was made for crochet.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Jean Scorgie
- 1904 - 1916
- ID Number
- 2016.0048.12
- accession number
- 2016.0048
- catalog number
- 2016.0048.12
- Object Name
- sampler, lace
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5/8 in x 47 in; 1.5875 cm x 119.38 cm
- place made
- United States: Wisconsin
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Lace
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1804468
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-cb56-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
