Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- This cotton lace border with floral motifs was made using the Valenciennes square mesh bobbin lace technique. The repeated pattern is four and three-eight inches long, and the ends are unfinished. The pattern is the same as in TE*T14225A, but with a straight edge. 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.T14225B
- catalog number
- T14225B
- 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_624673
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-4233-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
