Mat With Swan Motif Bobbin Lace Border
Mat With Swan Motif Bobbin Lace Border
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- Description
- This Point de Paris bobbin lace mat border was made by lace makers in Turnhout, Belgium between 1914 and 1919 for sale by the Commission for Relief in Belgium. The flowers and swans are symbols of the annunciation. The blue print B44/99 among the War Laces in the Hoover Library shows the same lace. It is made of cotton and is of good quality.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lace
- lace, doily, war lace
- lace, war lace
- lace, doily
- Object Type
- lace
- date made
- 1914-1919
- facilitator
- Hoover, Herbert
- maker
- unknown
- place made
- Belgium: Flanders, Turnhout
- Physical Description
- bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)
- cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 1/2 in; 29.21 cm
- lace border: 3 1/8 in; 7.9375 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T11808
- catalog number
- T11808
- accession number
- 198210
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss Virginia Livingston Hunt, 1953
- subject
- Benevolent Associations
- Lace Making
- Lace
- War Lace
- World War I
- Bobbin Lace
- World War I
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- Cultures & Communities
- Domestic Furnishings
- Lace
- War Laces
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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