Belgian Provinces and Allied Nations Tablecloth
Belgian Provinces and Allied Nations Tablecloth
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- Description
- This square table cover has shields of the nine Belgian provinces in the center and a border of animals representing four of the initial Allied powers: Bear (Russia), Lion (Belgium), Rooster (France), and Unicorn (Great Britain). The motifs were executed in Point de Paris bobbin lace and pulled thread embroidery by Belgian lace makers during World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lace
- decorative panel
- war lace
- Object Type
- lace
- made during
- 1914-1919
- maker
- unknown
- depicted
- Belgium
- Russia
- France
- United Kingdom: England
- provincial seal depicted
- Belgium: Flanders, Limburg
- Belgium: Flanders, West Flanders
- Belgium: Wallonia, Namur
- Belgium: Flanders, Antwerp
- Belgium: Brabant
- Belgium: Wallonia, Liège
- Belgium: Flanders, East Flanders
- Belgium: Wallonia, Hainaut, Province de
- Belgium: Wallonia, Luxembourg
- Physical Description
- cotton (lace material)
- linen (woven strips material)
- lace, bobbin lace, Point de Paris (overall production method/technique)
- hemstitching, pulled thread (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 31 in x 31 in; 78.74 cm x 78.74 cm
- ID Number
- TE.E383965
- catalog number
- E383965
- accession number
- 172208
- Credit Line
- Gift of Vicomtesse de Beughem
- subject
- Lace
- European History
- coat-of-arms
- Cotton
- Linen
- World War I
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- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- War Laces
- Lace
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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