Ipswich Bobbin Lace Pattern From Late 1700's
date: label: date made
content: 1780-1789
label: Associated Date
content: 1789-1790
name: label: referenced
content: Lakeman, Elizabeth Lord
label: referenced
content: Hamilton, Alexander
label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: The Ipswich lace industry used patterns such as this linen pasteboard pricking in the late 1700's. The pattern corresponds to one of the black silk lace samples sent to Alexander Hamilton in 1791 as samples of an important handmade industry in Ipswich, Massachusetts. In 1789-1790 600 lace makers made and sold close to 42,000 yards of lace in one year. The samples are preserved among Alexander Hamilton's papers in the Library of Congress. A copy made from this pattern was used for the reproduction of an Ipswich lace in the "Within These Walls..." exhibit in 2001.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
label: pattern used in
content: United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
topic: label: Subject
content: Lace
label: Subject
content: Lace Making
label: Subject
content: Linen
label: Subject
content: Lace Making Pattern
label: Subject
content: Bobbin Lace
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Walter DuBois Brookings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E386686
label: catalog number
content: E386686
label: accession number
content: 180233
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pattern, lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen pastebaord (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 3/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 77.1525 cm x 8.89 cm