Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- The coat-of-arms of the Belgian Province of Antwerp is the featured motif on this example of Mechlin bobbin lace. This piece was probably designed to be inserted into a larger item. It was made by Belgian lace makers during World War I. See a similar motif in TE*E383965.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. Leon Orlowski
- made during
- 1914-1918
- ID Number
- TE.T16115A
- catalog number
- T16115A
- accession number
- 297965
- Object Name
- lace
- medallion
- war lace
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- bobbin lace, Mechlin (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 in x 5 in; 12.7 cm x 12.7 cm
- place made
- Belgium
- depicting provincial shield
- Belgium: Flanders, Antwerp
- 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
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- War Laces
- Lace
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- web subject
- Lace
- European History
- depicted
- coat-of-arms
- used
- Cotton
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_635187
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-62c6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
