Belgian Provinces and Allied Nations Tablecloth
date: label: made during
content: 1914-1919
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This square table cover has shields of the nine Belgian provinces in the center and a border of animals representing four of the initial Allied powers: Bear (Russia), Lion (Belgium), Rooster (France), and Unicorn (Great Britain). The motifs were executed in Point de Paris bobbin lace and pulled thread embroidery by Belgian lace makers during World War I.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: depicted
content: Belgium
label: depicted
content: Russia
label: depicted
content: France
label: depicted
content: United Kingdom: England
label: provincial seal depicted
content: Belgium: Flanders, Limburg
label: provincial seal depicted
content: Belgium: Flanders, West Flanders
label: provincial seal depicted
content: Belgium: Wallonia, Namur
label: provincial seal depicted
content: Belgium: Flanders, Antwerp
label: provincial seal depicted
content: Belgium: Brabant
label: provincial seal depicted
content: Belgium: Wallonia, Liège
label: provincial seal depicted
content: Belgium: Flanders, East Flanders
label: provincial seal depicted
content: Belgium: Wallonia, Hainaut, Province de
label: provincial seal depicted
content: Belgium: Wallonia, Luxembourg
topic: label: web subject
content: Lace
label: web subject
content: European History
label: depicted
content: coat-of-arms
label: used
content: Cotton
label: used
content: Linen
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.E383965
label: catalog number
content: E383965
label: accession number
content: 172208
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: decorative panel
label: Object Name
content: war lace
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (lace material)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (woven strips material)
label: Physical Description
content: lace, bobbin lace, Point de Paris (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: hemstitching, pulled thread (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 in x 31 in; 78.74 cm x 78.74 cm