French Rooster Motif
date: label: made during
content: 1914-1918
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This example of Mechlin bobbin lace depicts a whimsical variant of the Gallic rooster, symbol of France. The motif was made by Belgian lace makers during World War I and was likely intended to be inserted into a larger item.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Belgium
label: depicting shield
content: France
topic: label: web subject
content: Lace
label: web subject
content: European History
label: depicted
content: coat-of-arms
label: used
content: Cotton
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
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 Mr. Leon Orlowski
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16115F
label: catalog number
content: T16115F
label: accession number
content: 297965
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: medallion
label: Object Name
content: war lace
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bobbin lace, Mechlin (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/8 in x 6 1/8 in; 15.5575 cm x 15.5575 cm