Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- The leaf pattern on this border is made in the Valenciennes square mesh bobbin lace technique in cotton thread. It has a two and one-half inch long pattern repeat. The edges are straight with picots on one side and unfinished ends. It was identified by the donor as lace made by Belgian lace makers during World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Vicomtesse de Beughem
- made during
- 1914-1918
- ID Number
- TE.T14224
- catalog number
- T14224
- accession number
- 273245
- Object Name
- lace
- border
- war lace
- lace, war lace
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- bobbin lace, Valenciennes (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 28 in x 3 in; 71.12 cm x 7.62 cm
- place made
- Belgium
- 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
- used
- Cotton
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_624665
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-45d8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
