Border with Swans and Flowerbaskets

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Object Details

Description

This Point de Paris bobbin lace border for a mat is two inches wide and made of cotton. It is sewn together as a rectangle with the flowerbaskets in the corners being made on the diagonal. The swan and flower basket pattern is very similar to lace made in Belgium during World War I and pictured in a Commission For Relief in Belgium booklet Belgian Lace Made in Belgium During the War.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

gift of Mrs. Marjorie S. Palmer thru Mrs. Adelaide S. Whittemore, 1968

date made

1914-1919

ID Number

TE.T14639

catalog number

T14639

accession number

278083

Object Name

lace

lace, border, war lace

lace, border

Object Type

lace

Physical Description

bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)

cotton (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 10 3/4 in x 18 3/4 in; 27.305 cm x 47.625 cm

overall: 2 in; 5.08 cm

made at

Belgium: Flanders, Turnhout

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Home and Community Life: Textiles

War Laces

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Domestic Furnishings

Data Source

National Museum of American History

classified

Lace

used

Lace Making

Bobbin Lace

Subject

World War I

related event