Chinese Made Torchon Bobbin Lace Sample
Chinese Made Torchon Bobbin Lace Sample
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- Description
- This sample of handmade torchon bobbin lace has motifs with diamond shapes, roseground, and trails. It was made at the Amoy Lace Guild in China and sold for thirty cents per yard in US gold in 1913. The Amoy Lace Guild was established by missionaries in 1885 as a charitable organization to provide a source of income to indigent Chinese women and children. Patterns and linen thread was imported from England and Ireland. Lace from the Amoy Lace Guild won a silver medal at the St. Louis exposition in 1904.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Lace
- lace, sample
- Object Type
- lace
- date made
- 1905-1912
- 1900-1912
- maker
- Amoy Lace Guild
- place made
- China: Fujian, Xiamen
- Physical Description
- bobbin lace, torchon (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 1/4 in x 2 in; x 20.955 cm x 5.08 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T00916
- catalog number
- T00916.000
- accession number
- 55643
- Credit Line
- Amoy Lace Guild, Amoy, China, through Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce.1913
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- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- Lace
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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