Ruysselede Municipal Shield Motif
date: label: made during
content: 1916-1918
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Part of a set of six, this Valenciennes bobbin lace medallion depicts the municipal shield of Ruysselede (Ruiselede) in the Belgian province of West Flanders. Other medallions, two with the American eagle, two with the Belgian lion coat-of-arms, and another with the municipal shield of Ruysselede complete the set. See a similar motif in TE*E383967. Belgian lace makers made these laces during World War I.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Belgium
label: depicting the municipal shield
content: Belgium: Flanders, Ruiselede
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
setName: label: See more items in
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 Vicomtesse de Beughem
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T14222C
label: catalog number
content: T14222C
label: accession number
content: 273245
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: doily
label: Object Name
content: war lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, war lace
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bobbin lace, Valenciennes (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in; 13.97 cm