Description:
Mrs. Elizabeth Lord Lakeman, who was born 1767 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and died 1862 in Hallowell, Maine used this pillow, pattern and bobbins to make bobbin lace most of her life. Mrs. Lakeman most likely made Ipswich lace in the late 1780's and 1790's during the peak of the Ipswich lace industry. The pillow is stuffed with sea-grass or straw and the parchment pattern has holes pricked for the lace. The bobbins are whittled from bamboo, other reeds, or wood. The current pattern and lace on the pillow are from around 1860.
Date Made: 1785-1795Lacemaker Using Pillow: 1767-1862Used: 1789-17901785-1862
Maker: Lakeman, Elizabeth Lord
Location: Currently not on view
Place Made: United States: Maine, HallowellUnited States: Massachusetts, IpswichOrigin Of Objects: United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
Subject: CottonLaceLace MakingBobbin Lace
Subject:
See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles, Family & Social Life, Industry & Manufacturing, Lace, Textiles
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Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Walter DuBois Brookings, 1948
Data Source: National Museum of American History
Id Number: TE.E386685Catalog Number: E386685Accession Number: 180233
Object Name: pillow, lacelace pillow, lacelace pillow, lace, pattern
Physical Description: parchment (pattern material)cotton (lace material)metal (pins material)cotton (cover of pillow material)straw (stuffing material)linen (inside cover of pillow material)bobbin lace (lace production method/technique)wood and reeds (bobbins material)Measurements: overall, circumference: 29 1/2 in x 8 in; 74.93 cm x 20.32 cmbobbins: 4 3/4 in x 7/8 in; 12.065 cm x 2.2225 cmoverall, pattern: 31 in x 1 3/8 in; 78.74 cm x 3.4925 cm
Metadata Usage: CC0
Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-5ebd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Record Id: nmah_644978
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