Monogrammed Tablecloth
Monogrammed Tablecloth
- Description
- The center of this fine linen tablecloth is decorated with three small monograms "EW" and scroll designs. EW most likely stands for Ella Whitlock, the wife of the American Envoy to Belgium. Mrs. Brand Whitlock worked tirelessly on behalf of the Belgian lace makers during World War I.
- The eight and one-half inch wide border on the tablecloth is executed in Point de Paris bobbin lace with symmetrical floral designs of roses and edelweiss, the favorite flowers of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. Belgian lace makers made this tablecloth during World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lace
- table topper
- war lace
- Object Type
- lace
- made during
- 1914-1919
- described
- Whitlock, Ella Brainerd
- maker
- unknown
- place made
- Belgium: Flanders, Turnhout
- Physical Description
- linen (center material)
- cotton (part: outside edge, lace material)
- cotton (monogram material)
- embroidery (center production method/technique)
- bobbin lace, Point de Paris (part: border production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 36 in; 91.44 cm
- ID Number
- TE.E383964
- catalog number
- E383964
- accession number
- 172208
- Credit Line
- Gift of Vicomtesse de Beughem
- subject
- Lace
- European History
- Cotton
- Embroidery
- World War I
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Lace
- War Laces
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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