Object Details
- facilitator
- Hoover, Herbert
- unknown
- Description
- This Point de Paris bobbin lace mat border was made by lace makers in Turnhout, Belgium between 1914 and 1919 for sale by the Commission for Relief in Belgium. The flowers and swans are symbols of the annunciation. The blue print B44/99 among the War Laces in the Hoover Library shows the same lace. It is made of cotton and is of good quality.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss Virginia Livingston Hunt, 1953
- 1914-1919
- ID Number
- TE.T11808
- catalog number
- T11808
- accession number
- 198210
- Object Name
- lace
- lace, doily, war lace
- lace, war lace
- lace, doily
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)
- cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 1/2 in; 29.21 cm
- lace border: 3 1/8 in; 7.9375 cm
- place made
- Belgium: Flanders, Turnhout
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- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Cultures & Communities
- War Laces
- Lace
- Domestic Furnishings
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- general subject association
- Benevolent Associations
- used
- Lace Making
- classified
- Lace
- War Lace
- method used to create
- Bobbin Lace
- Subject
- World War I
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_624594
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-4fc2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
