Object Details
- facilitator
- Hoover, Herbert
- distributor
- Hoover, Lou Henry
- unknown
- Description
- This Alençon needle lace border was made by Belgian lace makers during World War One. A white cord at one end of the lace attaches a metal label used by the Commission for Relief in Belgium (C.R.B.) to ascertain authenticity as made for the CRB. A narrow machine-made lace is added to the side that will be sewn unto a garment.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- transfer from Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
- made during
- 1914-1918
- Associated Date
- 1914-1918
- ID Number
- 2013.0121.19
- accession number
- 2013.0121
- catalog number
- 2013.0121.19
- Object Name
- border
- war lace
- lace
- Physical Description
- needle lace, Alençon (overall production method/technique)
- linen (overall material)
- cotton (machine made edge material)
- Measurements
- lace: 1 3/8 in x 78 in; 3.4925 cm x 198.12 cm
- metal label: .3 cm x 1.2 cm; 1/8 in x 15/32 in
- place made
- Belgium
- made at
- 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
- Clothing & Accessories
- Cultures & Communities
- War Laces
- Lace
- Art
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Lace
- Lace Making
- general subject association
- European History
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_1442718
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-e764-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
