Fan Leaf with Weaponry and Designer's Name
date: label: made during
content: 1915-1916
label: part of design
content: 1914
label: part of design
content: 1915
name: label: maker
content: unknown
label: designer
content: Michel, Charles
notes: label: Description
content: This fan leaf was designed for the Belgian Lace Committee by Belgian painter Charles Michel. His name is worked in needle lace into the ground (reseau) along the inner edge. The central motif of helmet, swords and weaponry is flanked on either side by the war years 1914 and 1915. The rising sun, laurel leaves and other floral motifs are also included. Brussels bobbin lace was mainly used for the motifs and connected with Point de Gaze type needle lace. Belgian lace makers made this fan leaf during World War I. It has never been mounted to fan sticks.
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: Art
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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.T14505
label: catalog number
content: T14505
label: accession number
content: 273245
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: fan leaf
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 and needle lace, Mixed Brussels (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: fan leaf depth, outer edge: 6 1/4 in x 33 in; 15.875 cm x 83.82 cm