Border with Attached CRB Label

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Object Details

facilitator

Hoover, Herbert

distributor

Hoover, Lou Henry

maker

unknown

Description

This Alençon needle lace border was made by Belgian lace makers during World War One. A white cord at one end of the lace attaches a metal label used by the Commission for Relief in Belgium (C.R.B.) to ascertain authenticity as made for the CRB. A narrow machine-made lace is added to the side that will be sewn unto a garment.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

transfer from Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

made during

1914-1918

Associated Date

1914-1918

ID Number

2013.0121.19

accession number

2013.0121

catalog number

2013.0121.19

Object Name

border

war lace

lace

Physical Description

needle lace, Alençon (overall production method/technique)

linen (overall material)

cotton (machine made edge material)

Measurements

lace: 1 3/8 in x 78 in; 3.4925 cm x 198.12 cm

metal label: .3 cm x 1.2 cm; 1/8 in x 15/32 in

place made

Belgium

made at

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

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War Laces

Lace

Art

Textiles

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject