American Eagle Motif
American Eagle Motif
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- Description
- Part of a set of six, this Valenciennes bobbin lace medallion focuses on the American eagle motif. Two other medallions with the Belgian lion coat-of-arms, two with the municipal shield of Ruysselede (Ruiselede) in the Belgian province of West Flanders; and another with the American eagle complete the set. See a similar motif in TE*E383967. Belgian lace makers made these laces during World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lace
- doily
- war lace
- lace, war lace
- Object Type
- lace
- made during
- 1916-1918
- maker
- unknown
- place made
- Belgium
- depicting shield
- United States
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- bobbin lace, Valenciennes (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/2 in; 13.97 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T14222B
- catalog number
- T14222B
- accession number
- 273245
- Credit Line
- Gift of Vicomtesse de Beughem
- subject
- Lace
- European History
- coat-of-arms
- Cotton
- World War I
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- War Laces
- Lace
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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