Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- This square table cover has shields of the nine Belgian provinces in the center and a border of animals representing four of the initial Allied powers: Bear (Russia), Lion (Belgium), Rooster (France), and Unicorn (Great Britain). The motifs were executed in Point de Paris bobbin lace and pulled thread embroidery by Belgian lace makers during World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Vicomtesse de Beughem
- made during
- 1914-1919
- ID Number
- TE.E383965
- catalog number
- E383965
- accession number
- 172208
- Object Name
- lace
- decorative panel
- war lace
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- cotton (lace material)
- linen (woven strips material)
- lace, bobbin lace, Point de Paris (overall production method/technique)
- hemstitching, pulled thread (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 31 in x 31 in; 78.74 cm x 78.74 cm
- depicted
- Belgium
- Russia
- France
- United Kingdom: England
- provincial seal depicted
- Belgium: Flanders, Limburg
- Belgium: Flanders, West Flanders
- Belgium: Wallonia, Namur
- Belgium: Flanders, Antwerp
- Belgium: Brabant
- Belgium: Wallonia, Liège
- Belgium: Flanders, East Flanders
- Belgium: Wallonia, Hainaut, Province de
- Belgium: Wallonia, Luxembourg
- 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
- European History
- depicted
- coat-of-arms
- used
- Cotton
- Linen
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_624335
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-dcb2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
