Object Details
designer
Melville & Ziffer
maker
Melville & Ziffer
Description
This needle lace table runner illustrates scenes from the Bayeux Tapestry. Scenes before, during and after the Battle of Hastings, England, in 1066 between Harold and William the Conqueror are depicted along the sides and ends of this nine meter long cloth. It might have been commissioned for the banquet table in one of the numerous grand mansions built in the USA early in the 1900’s. The Melville and Ziffer lace workshop in Le Puy, France, exhibited an almost identical table runner at the 1906 Paris World Exhibition.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Carl S. Gewirz, 1985
date made
1900-1910
ID Number
1985.0162.01
accession number
1985.0162
catalog number
1985.0162.01
Object Name
tablerunner
lace, tablerunner
lace
tablecover
Physical Description
linen (overall material)
needle lace (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
overall: 362 1/2 in x 43 in; 920.75 cm x 109.22 cm
place made
France: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Le Puy
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
used
Cotton
general subject association
Lace
Lace Making
Subject
Needle Lace
related event
Battle of Hastings, 1066
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_650216