Abaca Fiber Bobbin Lace from the Philippines
date: label: date made
content: 1900-1910
notes: label: Description
content: Bobbin lace edgings made of Abaca fiber, Musa Textilis on Capiz, the Philippines Islands. The five seven-inch torchon style bobbin lace samples are displayed in a red matted frame. They are numbered and labeled for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Fransisco. The samples are glued the the matte at each end and there are four grommets near the corners through the matte.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Philippines: Capiz
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T00779
label: accession number
content: 55625
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace, abaca
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bobbin lace, torchon (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: abaca (Musa Textilis) (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in x 11 1/2 in; 33.02 cm x 29.21 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, each of 5: 7 in x 1 13/16 in; 17.78 cm x 4.6101 cm