Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- This collar was made in the Binche point de Fée style bobbin lace. It has an abundance of square tallies and a snowflake ground. The curved outer edge has picots and the ends come to a point. The pattern, which features a three and one-half inch long repeated segment, was made for the collar shape and identified by the donor as lace made by Belgian lace makers during World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Vicomtesse de Beughem
- made during
- 1914-1918
- ID Number
- TE.T14226
- catalog number
- T14226
- accession number
- 273245
- Object Name
- lace
- collar
- war lace
- lace, war lace
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- bobbin lace, Binche (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 24 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in; 62.23 cm x 4.1275 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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- web subject
- Lace
- European History
- Subject
- Cotton
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_623855
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-4d42-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
