Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- Part of a set of six, this Valenciennes bobbin lace medallion depicts the municipal shield of Ruysselede (Ruiselede) in the Belgian province of West Flanders. Other medallions, two with the American eagle, two with the Belgian lion coat-of-arms, and another with the municipal shield of Ruysselede complete the set. See a similar motif in TE*E383967. Belgian lace makers made these laces during World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Vicomtesse de Beughem
- made during
- 1916-1918
- ID Number
- TE.T14222C
- catalog number
- T14222C
- accession number
- 273245
- Object Name
- lace
- doily
- war lace
- lace, war lace
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- bobbin lace, Valenciennes (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/2 in; 13.97 cm
- place made
- Belgium
- depicting the municipal shield
- Belgium: Flanders, Ruiselede
- 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_624671
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-45e0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
