Mythical Motifs Bedcover

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.

Made During: 1917

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Belgium

Used: CottonWeb Subject: LaceEuropean HistoryRelated 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.T14502Catalog Number: T14502Accession Number: 273245

Object Name: lacebed coverquilt topwar lacelace, war laceObject 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 cmeach needle lace square: 27 cm x 27 cm; 10 5/8 in x 10 5/8 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-607e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_625888

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