Object Details
- facilitator
- Hoover, Herbert
- unknown
- Description
- This paper tag is labeled "N° 13/0436 Point Alençon Louis XVI made by hand in... for the C'on for Relief in Belgium" On the reverse is a red wax seal embossed with “Commission for Relief in Belgium, Dentelle Belge” and an image of the Belgian Lion. A black, yellow, and orange cord is sealed into the wax, and “$24.00” is lightly penciled in on the card. The tag came to the museum without the lace attached.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- transfer from Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
- made during
- 1914-1919
- ID Number
- 2013.0121.21
- accession number
- 2013.0121
- catalog number
- 2013.0121.21
- Object Name
- war lace
- tag
- lace
- seal
- Physical Description
- paper (base material)
- red (image color)
- sealing wax (front material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 8.89 cm
- place made
- Belgium
- 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
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Lace
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Lace Making
- European History
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_1442726
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-aaaa-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
