Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- A peacock motif is the focus of this border in Point de Paris bobbin lace. It was probably made in Courtrai (Kortrijk), Belgium by Belgian lace makers during World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- gift of Mrs. Marjorie S. Palmer thru Mrs. Adelaide S. Whittemore, 1968
- made during
- 1914-1918
- ID Number
- TE.T14569
- catalog number
- T14569
- accession number
- 278083
- Object Name
- lace
- border
- war lace
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- bobbin lace, Point de Paris (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 34 in x 6 in; 86.36 cm x 15.24 cm
- pattern repeat: 10 3/4 in x 6 in; 27.305 cm x 15.24 cm
- place made
- Belgium: Flanders, Courtrai
- Related Publication
- Kellogg, Charlotte (Hoffman). Bobbins of Belgium: A Book of Belgian Lace, Lace-Workers, Lace-Schools and Lace-Villages
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- web subject
- Lace
- European History
- used
- Cotton
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_624602
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-4fc7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
