Object Details
- Description
- This Point de Paris bobbin lace border for a mat is two inches wide and made of cotton. It is sewn together as a rectangle with the flowerbaskets in the corners being made on the diagonal. The swan and flower basket pattern is very similar to lace made in Belgium during World War I and pictured in a Commission For Relief in Belgium booklet Belgian Lace Made in Belgium During the War.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- gift of Mrs. Marjorie S. Palmer thru Mrs. Adelaide S. Whittemore, 1968
- 1914-1919
- ID Number
- TE.T14639
- catalog number
- T14639
- accession number
- 278083
- Object Name
- lace
- lace, border, war lace
- lace, border
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)
- cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 3/4 in x 18 3/4 in; 27.305 cm x 47.625 cm
- overall: 2 in; 5.08 cm
- made at
- Belgium: Flanders, Turnhout
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- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- War Laces
- Lace
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- classified
- Lace
- used
- Lace Making
- Bobbin Lace
- Subject
- World War I
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_624606
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-4fcb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
