Tribute from Ardoye Table Runner

Description:

This table runner has a central inscription of “VLAANDEREN IN DEN KRYG – HULDE VAN ARDOYE – 1915” (Flanders in War – Tribute from Ardoye). Nine embroidered Belgian province shields and the 1915 municipal shield for Ardoye decorate the border. The German Army used poisoned gas for the first time on the western front in 1915 by Ardoye near Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium.

The linen fabric of the table runner is embroidered in satin stitch and French knots with cotton. The floral border surrounding the shields is rendered in the Bruges flower lace technique and braided mesh. Lace and embroidery was made by Belgian women during World War I.

Made During: 1915-1918Part Of Design: 1915

Facilitator: Hoover, HerbertMaker: unknown

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: BelgiumAssociated Place; Name Depicted: Belgium: Flanders, ArdooieProvincial Shield Part Of Design: Belgium: Flanders, LimburgBelgium: Flanders, West FlandersBelgium: Wallonia, NamurBelgium: Flanders, AntwerpBelgium: Wallonia, Walloon BrabantBelgium: Wallonia, LiègeBelgium: Flanders, East FlandersBelgium: Wallonia, Hainaut, Province deBelgium: Wallonia, Luxembourg

Web Subject: LaceGeneral Subject Association: EmbroideryDepicted: coat-of-armsWeb Subject: European HistoryUsed: CottonLinenRelated Event: World War I

Subject:

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles, Government, Politics, and Reform, War Laces, Lace, Domestic Furnishings, Textiles

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Related Publication: Kellogg, Charlotte (Hoffman). Bobbins of Belgium: A Book of Belgian Lace, Lace-Workers, Lace-Schools and Lace-Villages

Credit Line: Gift of Vicomtesse de Beughem

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.E383961Catalog Number: E383961Accession Number: 172208

Object Name: lacetable runnerwar lace

Physical Description: linen (part: center material)cotton (overall material)embroidery (overall production method/technique)bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)Measurements: overall: 33 1/4 in x 19 in; 84.455 cm x 48.26 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-1487-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1382733

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