Valenciennes Border

Description:

This cotton lace border with floral motifs was made using the Valenciennes square mesh bobbin lace technique. The repeated pattern is four and three-eight inches long, and the ends are unfinished. The pattern is the same as in TE*T14225A, but with a straight edge. It was identified by the donor as lace made by Belgian lace makers during World War I.

Made During: 1914-1918

Maker: unknown

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Belgium

Web Subject: LaceEuropean HistoryUsed: CottonRelated Event: World War I

Subject:

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles, Government, Politics, and Reform, War Laces, Lace, Textiles

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Related Publication: Kellogg, Charlotte (Hoffman). Bobbins of Belgium: A Book of Belgian Lace, Lace-Workers, Lace-Schools and Lace-Villages

Credit Line: Gift of Vicomtesse de Beughem

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.T14225BCatalog Number: T14225BAccession Number: 273245

Object Name: laceborderwar lacelace, war laceObject Type: lace

Physical Description: cotton (overall material)bobbin lace, Valenciennes (overall production method/technique)Measurements: overall: 28 in x 3 in; 71.12 cm x 7.62 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-4233-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_624673

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