Object Details
- founder of the Torchon Lace Co.
- Lewis, Sylvester G.
- patent holder
- Lewis, Sylvester G.
- Torchon Lace Company
- Description (Brief)
- The Princess Lace Loom is a lace pillow for making bobbin lace. It was patented by Sylvester G. Lewis in 1903, patent number 745,206.
- It is set up with a lace pattern from the The American Lace Maker, Volume 1, 2016.0048.03 and 20 bobbins wound with Barbours linen. It was also called the Princess Lace Machine, and advertised widely in women's magazines from 1901. It was sold by mail-order.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1904 - 1919
- patent date
- 1903
- ID Number
- 2016.0048.01
- accession number
- 2016.0048
- catalog number
- 2016.0048.01
- Object Name
- pillow, lace
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (ratchet and frame material)
- green crushed velvet (cover on "apron" material)
- bobbin lace (lace production method/technique)
- felt (overall roller material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 1/2 in x 16 in x 19 in; 11.43 cm x 40.64 cm x 48.26 cm
- place made
- United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
- Object made in Saint Louis
- United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Clothing & Accessories
- Advertising
- Lace
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Lace Making
- Lace Making Pattern
- Bobbin Lace
- Mail Order
- Manufacturing
- Patented
- Linen
- Record ID
- nmah_1804059
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-6b64-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
