Mat With Swan Motif Bobbin Lace Border
date: label: date made
content: 1914-1919
name: label: facilitator
content: Hoover, Herbert
label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This Point de Paris bobbin lace mat border was made by lace makers in Turnhout, Belgium between 1914 and 1919 for sale by the Commission for Relief in Belgium. The flowers and swans are symbols of the annunciation. The blue print B44/99 among the War Laces in the Hoover Library shows the same lace. It is made of cotton and is of good quality.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Belgium: Flanders, Turnhout
topic: label: general subject association
content: Benevolent Associations
label: used
content: Lace Making
label: classified
content: Lace
label: classified
content: War Lace
label: method used to create
content: Bobbin Lace
label: Subject
content: World War I
label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Cultures & Communities
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss Virginia Livingston Hunt, 1953
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T11808
label: catalog number
content: T11808
label: accession number
content: 198210
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, doily, war lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, war lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, doily
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in; 29.21 cm
label: Measurements
content: lace border: 3 1/8 in; 7.9375 cm