Chantilly Bobbin Lace Motif
Chantilly Bobbin Lace Motif
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- Description
- One of a set of six identical curved stylized cone or paisley shaped black silk Chantilly bobbin lace appliqués or insertions. The attached paper tag states "131, 6 pieces, No 10/55, Chantilly, made by hand in Flanders for the C'on for Relief in Belgium, M. Kefer Mali". Each piece is labeled "10/55, $.45 each". Madame Kefer-Mali was one of four women on the Lace Committee working with the Commission for Relief in Belgium. The lace was made by Belgian lace makers during World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- motif
- lace
- war lace
- lace, war lace
- made during
- 1914-1919
- associated date
- 1914-1918
- facilitator
- Hoover, Herbert
- previous owner
- Kefer-Mali, M.
- maker
- unknown
- place made
- Belgium: Flanders, Geraardsbergen
- made at
- Belgium: Flanders, Geraardsbergen
- Physical Description
- bobbin lace, Chantilly (overall production method/technique)
- silk (overall material)
- black (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 in x 5 in; 5.08 cm x 12.7 cm
- ID Number
- 2013.0121.37
- accession number
- 2013.0121
- catalog number
- 2013.0121.37
- Credit Line
- transfer from the Cooper-Hewitt
- subject
- Adornment
- Lace
- Lace Making
- European History
- World War I
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- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- Clothing & Accessories
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Lace
- War Laces
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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