Danish Hedebo Embroidery Show Towel
date: label: date made
content: Mid 19th century
label: date made
content: ca. 1850
notes: label: Description
content: Danish Hedebo white on white embroidery and needle lace. Show towel meant to be folded over and hung in front of the towels that were in use. The "front side" of the two decorated ends are on opposite sides of the fabric. These decorative towels were very common in Denmark from mid 19th through mid 20th centuries.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Denmark
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. James Pinchot June 15, 1960
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T12132
label: catalog number
content: T12132.000
label: accession number
content: 48717
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, towel
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: white embroidery, hedebo (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: needle lace (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 47 in x 28 in; 119.38 cm x 71.12 cm