Mythical Motifs Bedcover
date: label: made during
content: 1917
notes: label: Description
content: Twenty-five squares with mythical motifs were assembled to make this bedcover. Seven different fantastical needle lace motifs are repeated one to five times. The bedcover is assembled from different types of bobbin and needle lace. The geometric point de Venise style needle lace border is stitched together in the corners. Insertions of Brussels style bobbin lace connected with Alençon style needle lace mesh separate the various motifs. The donor identified this as lace made by Belgian lace makers during World War I.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Belgium
topic: label: used
content: Cotton
label: web subject
content: Lace
label: web subject
content: European History
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
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.T14502
label: catalog number
content: T14502
label: accession number
content: 273245
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: bed cover
label: Object Name
content: quilt top
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: lace, bobbin lace, needle lace (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 88 in x 88 in; 223.52 cm x 223.52 cm
label: Measurements
content: each needle lace square: 27 cm x 27 cm; 10 5/8 in x 10 5/8 in