American, Belgian and Whitlock Family Symbols Tablecloth
date: label: made during
content: 1914-1918
name: label: described
content: Whitlock, Ella Brainerd
label: referenced
content: Whitlock, Brand
label: facilitator
content: Hoover, Herbert
label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This round tablecloth is decorated with the American and Belgian shields, and the Whitlock family crest. Mr. Brand Whitlock was the American envoy and later ambassador to Belgium from 1914 to 1921. Mrs. Brand Whitlock worked tirelessly on behalf of the Belgian lace makers during World War I.
label: Description
content: The center of the tablecloth is Old Flanders style bobbin lace with needle lace ground. The same lace pattern is used in TE*T14468A and TE*T14468B. A wide border of point de Venise style needle lace surrounds the four shields. Belgian lace makers made this tablecloth during World War I.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Belgium
label: national seal depicted
content: Belgium
label: national emblem depicted
content: United States
topic: label: web subject
content: Lace
label: web subject
content: European History
label: depicted
content: coat-of-arms
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.E383963
label: catalog number
content: E383963
label: accession number
content: 172208
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: table topper
label: Object Name
content: war lace
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bobbin and needle laces (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 1/2 in; 72.39 cm