Tribute from Ardoye Table Runner
date: label: made during
content: 1915-1918
label: part of design
content: 1915
name: label: facilitator
content: Hoover, Herbert
label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This table runner has a central inscription of “VLAANDEREN IN DEN KRYG – HULDE VAN ARDOYE – 1915” (Flanders in War – Tribute from Ardoye). Nine embroidered Belgian province shields and the 1915 municipal shield for Ardoye decorate the border. The German Army used poisoned gas for the first time on the western front in 1915 by Ardoye near Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium.
label: Description
content: The linen fabric of the table runner is embroidered in satin stitch and French knots with cotton. The floral border surrounding the shields is rendered in the Bruges flower lace technique and braided mesh. Lace and embroidery was made by Belgian women during World War I.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Belgium
label: associated place; name depicted
content: Belgium: Flanders, Ardooie
label: provincial shield part of design
content: Belgium: Flanders, Limburg
label: provincial shield part of design
content: Belgium: Flanders, West Flanders
label: provincial shield part of design
content: Belgium: Wallonia, Namur
label: provincial shield part of design
content: Belgium: Flanders, Antwerp
label: provincial shield part of design
content: Belgium: Wallonia, Walloon Brabant
label: provincial shield part of design
content: Belgium: Wallonia, Liège
label: provincial shield part of design
content: Belgium: Flanders, East Flanders
label: provincial shield part of design
content: Belgium: Wallonia, Hainaut, Province de
label: provincial shield part of design
content: Belgium: Wallonia, Luxembourg
topic: label: web subject
content: Lace
label: general subject association
content: Embroidery
label: depicted
content: coat-of-arms
label: web subject
content: European History
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: Domestic Furnishings
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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.E383961
label: catalog number
content: E383961
label: accession number
content: 172208
label: catalog number
content: 383961.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: table runner
label: Object Name
content: war lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen (part: center material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: embroidery (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33 1/4 in x 19 in; 84.455 cm x 48.26 cm