Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- Part of a set of six, this Valenciennes bobbin lace medallion features the coat-of-arms of Belgium. Other medallions, two with the American eagle, another with the Belgian lion coat-of-arms, and two with the municipal shield of Ruysselede (Ruiselede) complete the set. See a similar motif in TE*E383967. Belgian lace makers made these laces during World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Vicomtesse de Beughem
- made during
- 1916-1918
- ID Number
- TE.T14222E
- catalog number
- T14222E
- accession number
- 273245
- Object Name
- lace
- doily
- war lace
- lace, war lace
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- bobbin lace, Valenciennes (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/2 in; 13.97 cm
- place made
- Belgium
- depicting shield
- 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
- National Museum of American History
- web subject
- Lace
- European History
- depicted
- coat-of-arms
- used
- Cotton
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_624668
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-45dd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
