Object Details
Description
Twenty-five squares with mythical motifs were assembled to make this bedcover. Seven different fantastical needle lace motifs are repeated one to five times. The bedcover is assembled from different types of bobbin and needle lace. The geometric point de Venise style needle lace border is stitched together in the corners. Insertions of Brussels style bobbin lace connected with Alençon style needle lace mesh separate the various motifs. The donor identified this 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
1917
ID Number
TE.T14502
catalog number
T14502
accession number
273245
Object Name
lace
bed cover
quilt top
war lace
lace, war lace
Object Type
lace
Physical Description
cotton (overall material)
lace, bobbin lace, needle lace (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
overall: 88 in x 88 in; 223.52 cm x 223.52 cm
each needle lace square: 27 cm x 27 cm; 10 5/8 in x 10 5/8 in
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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Data Source
National Museum of American History
used
Cotton
web subject
Lace
European History
related event
World War I
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_625888
