Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- The coat-of-arms of the Belgian Province of Hainaut was the design inspiration for this piece. The Mechlin bobbin lace motif depicting four lions and a crown was made by Belgian lace makers during World War I and was likely intended to be inserted into a larger item. 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.T16115D
- accession number
- 297965
- catalog number
- T16115D
- Object Name
- lace
- medallion
- war lace
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- bobbin lace, Mechlin (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 1/8 in x 6 in; 15.5575 cm x 15.24 cm
- place made
- Belgium
- Province of Hainaut shield
- Belgium: Wallonia, Hainaut, Province de
- Related Publication
- Kellogg, Charlotte (Hoffman). Bobbins of Belgium: A Book of Belgian Lace, Lace-Workers, Lace-Schools and Lace-Villages
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- 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_1383625
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-1105-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
