Border with Motifs and Inscription

Description:

This border has motifs of women, men, windmills, and trees. Below the figures is the Flemish saying “MYN VADERLAND IS MYN DUURBAARSTE PAND” (My homeland is my most cherished possession) worked into the lace. This Lille type bobbin lace features a nine-inch long pattern repeat and a picot edge. It was designed for the Dutch market for edging their bonnets. Both ends are finished with a narrow Mechlin bobbin lace border with floral motifs outlined with gimp. The lace was made by Belgian lace makers during World War I.

Made During: 1914-1918

Maker: unknown

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: BelgiumBelgium: Flanders, Beveren

Web Subject: LaceEuropean HistoryUsed: CottonRelated Event: World War I

Subject:

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles, Government, Politics, and Reform, War Laces, Lace, 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.T14227Catalog Number: T14227Accession Number: 273245

Object Name: laceborderwar lacelace, war laceObject Type: lace

Physical Description: cotton (overall material)bobbin lace, Beveren, Mechlin (overall production method/technique)Measurements: overall: 64 1/2 in x 2 7/8 in; 163.83 cm x 7.3025 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-5100-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_623132

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