Object Details
- Amoy Lace Guild
- Description
- This sample of handmade torchon bobbin lace has motifs with Spanish fans, diamond shapes, and spiders. It was made at the Amoy Lace Guild in China and sold for twenty cents per yard in US gold in 1913. The Amoy Lace Guild was established by missionaries in 1885 as a charitable organization to provide a source of income to indigent Chinese women and children. Patterns and linen thread was imported from England and Ireland. Lace from the Amoy Lace Guild won a silver medal at the St. Louis exposition in 1904.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Amoy Lace Guild, Amoy, China, through Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce.1913
- 1905-1912
- 1900-1912
- ID Number
- TE.T00914
- catalog number
- T00914.000
- accession number
- 55643
- Object Name
- Lace
- lace, sample
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- linen (overall material)
- bobbin lace, torchon (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 in x 1 1/2 in; x 22.86 cm x 3.81 cm
- place made
- China: Fujian, Xiamen
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Lace
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_623997
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b5-2a66-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
