Ruysselede Municipal Shield Motif
Ruysselede Municipal Shield Motif
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- Description
- Part of a set of six, this Valenciennes bobbin lace medallion depicts the municipal shield of Ruysselede (Ruiselede) in the Belgian province of West Flanders. Other medallions, two with the American eagle, two with the Belgian lion coat-of-arms, and another with the municipal shield of Ruysselede 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 the municipal shield
- Belgium: Flanders, Ruiselede
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- bobbin lace, Valenciennes (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/2 in; 13.97 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T14222C
- catalog number
- T14222C
- 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
- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Lace
- War Laces
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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