Allied Nations Tablecloth
date: label: made during
content: 1917-1918
label: part of design
content: 1915
label: part of design
content: 1916
label: part of design
content: 1917
label: made during
content: 1918
label: part of design
content: 1914
name: label: described
content: Whitlock, Ella Brainerd
label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This tablecloth is embellished with padded satin stitch embroidery and Point de Venise style needle lace. The center insets feature the coats-of-arms of the Allies: Romania, Belgium, Montenegro, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, Serbia, Italy, France, and Portugal. The triangular insets with oak leaves and acorn motifs symbolize strength and endurance.
label: Description
content: Embroidered around the border is “1914 A MRS BRAND WHITLOCK 1915 1916 HOMMAGE RECONNAISSANT DES DENTELLIERES BELGES 1917” (1914 to Mrs. Brand Whitlock 1915 1916 grateful tribute from the Belgian lace makers 1917). The lace and embroidery was made by Belgian women during World War I.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Belgium
label: depicted
content: Belgium
label: depicted
content: Romania
label: depicted
content: Montenegro
label: depicted
content: Japan
label: depicted
content: Russia
label: depicted
content: United Kingdom
label: depicted
content: Serbia
label: depicted
content: Italy
label: depicted
content: France
label: depicted
content: Portugal
topic: label: web subject
content: Lace
label: web subject
content: Embroidery
label: depicted
content: coat-of-arms
label: web subject
content: European History
label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: War Laces
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Kellogg, Charlotte (Hoffman). Bobbins of Belgium: A Book of Belgian Lace, Lace-Workers, Lace-Schools and Lace-Villages
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Vicomtesse de Beughem
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E383960
label: catalog number
content: E383960
label: accession number
content: 172208
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: tablecloth
label: Object Name
content: war lace
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen (weaving material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (needle lace, embroidery material)
label: Physical Description
content: needle lace (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: embroidery, cut work (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 76 1/2 in x 45 in; 194.31 cm x 114.3 cm