Black Silk Chantilly Bobbin Lace Shawl
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1860
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This hand made triangular black silk shawl is made in the Chantilly bobbin lace technique and was purchased in Paris in about 1860. Elaborate floral motifs, including roses and leafy stems, decorate this large shawl.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: lace named for
content: France: Hauts-de-France, Chantilly
topic: label: general subject association
content: Adornment
label: general subject association
content: Costume
label: general subject association
content: Silk
label: general subject association
content: Lace
label: general subject association
content: Lace Making
label: Subject
content: Bobbin Lace
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Caroline R. Kenworthy,1965
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T13741
label: catalog number
content: T13741
label: accession number
content: 261642
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: shawl
label: Object Name
content: lace, shawl
label: Object Name
content: shawl, lace
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: black silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bobbin lace, Chantilly (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 114 in x 57 in; 289.56 cm x 144.78 cm