Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- This fingerless mitt, one of a pair, is handmade of white cotton in Chantilly style bobbin lace with floral motifs. A ribbon is added along the top edge. The back of the mitt is fastened with a small button. The mitt matches TE*T14221B and was 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
- 1914-1919
- ID Number
- TE.T14221A
- catalog number
- T14221A
- accession number
- 273245
- Object Name
- lace
- mitt, fingerless
- war lace
- lace, mitt
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- bobbin lace, Chantilly (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 20 1/2 in; 52.07 cm
- place made
- Belgium
- Related Publication
- Kellogg, Charlotte (Hoffman). Bobbins of Belgium: A Book of Belgian Lace, Lace-Workers, Lace-Schools and Lace-Villages
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- War Laces
- Lace
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- web subject
- Lace
- used
- Cotton
- web subject
- European History
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_627466
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-726a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
