Object Details
- described
- Whitlock, Ella Brainerd
- unknown
- Description
- The center of this fine linen tablecloth is decorated with three small monograms "EW" and scroll designs. EW most likely stands for Ella Whitlock, the wife of the American Envoy to Belgium. Mrs. Brand Whitlock worked tirelessly on behalf of the Belgian lace makers during World War I.
- The eight and one-half inch wide border on the tablecloth is executed in Point de Paris bobbin lace with symmetrical floral designs of roses and edelweiss, the favorite flowers of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. Belgian lace makers made this tablecloth during World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Vicomtesse de Beughem
- made during
- 1914-1919
- ID Number
- TE.E383964
- catalog number
- E383964
- accession number
- 172208
- Object Name
- lace
- table topper
- war lace
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- linen (center material)
- cotton (part: outside edge, lace material)
- cotton (monogram material)
- embroidery (center production method/technique)
- bobbin lace, Point de Paris (part: border production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 36 in; 91.44 cm
- place made
- Belgium: Flanders, Turnhout
- Related Publication
- Kellogg, Charlotte (Hoffman). Bobbins of Belgium: A Book of Belgian Lace, Lace-Workers, Lace-Schools and Lace-Villages
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- Lace
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- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- web subject
- Lace
- European History
- used
- Cotton
- web subject
- Embroidery
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_623592
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-3569-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
