Triangular Brussels Point de Gaze Needle Lace Shawl
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1860
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This large triangular lace shawl was made in Brussels point de gaze needle lace. The overall design has fine naturalistic floral motifs with a few sections of the common bold, tightly buttonholed wheels. It shows a very fine overall pattern and execution. It was made in Belgium of fine cotton thread in about the 1850's
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Belgium
topic: label: general subject association
content: Adornment
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content: Costume
label: used
content: Cotton
label: general subject association
content: Lace
label: general subject association
content: Lace Making
label: Subject
content: Needle Lace
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Eula B. Lewis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0111.018
label: accession number
content: 1984.0111
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0111.018
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: shawl
label: Object Name
content: shawl, lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Point de Gaze needle lace (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall at center and diagonal: 81 in x 114 in; 205.74 cm x 289.56 cm