Chantilly Bobbin Lace Motif
date: label: date made
content: 1914-1918
label: made during
content: 1914-1918
name: label: Helped create Commission for Relief in Belgium
content: Hoover, Herbert
label: previous owner
content: Kefer-Mali, M.
label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: One of a set of six identical curved stylized cone or paisley shaped black silk Chantilly bobbin lace appliqués or insertions. The attached paper tag states "131, 6 pieces, No 10/55, Chantilly, made by hand in Flanders for the C'on for Relief in Belgium, M. Kefer Mali". Each piece is labeled "10/55, $.45 each". Madame Kefer-Mali was one of four women on the Lace Committee working with the Commission for Relief in Belgium. The lace was made by Belgian lace makers during World War I.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Belgium
label: place made
content: Belgium: Flanders, Geraardsbergen
label: made at
content: Belgium
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Massachusetts, Lowell
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
topic: label: Subject
content: Adornment
label: Subject
content: Lace
label: Subject
content: Lace Making
label: Subject
content: European History
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: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: War Laces
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: transfer from the Cooper-Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0121.42
label: accession number
content: 2013.0121
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0121.42
objectType: label: Object Name
content: motif
label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: war lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: Bobbin lace, Chantilly (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 5 in; x 5.08 cm x 12.7 cm