Beginner's Bobbin Lace Sampler
date: label: date made
content: 1904 - 1916
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Bobbin lace sampler made by a beginner lacemaker, on the Torchon Lace Co.'s lace pillow, (2016.0048.11) with ecru cotton thread. Alternating sections of half stitch, linen stitch and torchon ground. When taken off the pattern, the lace is longer and narrower due to the springy nature of the cotton thread, which was made for crochet.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Wisconsin
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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: Gift of Jean Scorgie
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0048.12
label: accession number
content: 2016.0048
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0048.12
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sampler, lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 47 in; 1.5875 cm x 119.38 cm