Great Seal of the United States Motif
date: label: made during
content: 1914-1918
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: The Great Seal of the United States, often used in American decorative arts, provided the design inspiration for this Mechlin bobbin lace. It was made by Belgian lace makers during World War I and was likely intended to be inserted into a larger item.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Belgium
label: depicting shield
content: United States
topic: label: web subject
content: Lace
label: web subject
content: European History
label: depicted
content: coat-of-arms
label: used
content: Cotton
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 Mr. Leon Orlowski
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16115E
label: catalog number
content: T16115E
label: accession number
content: 297965
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: medallion
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: bobbin lace, Mechlin (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 6 1/4 in; 20.32 cm x 15.875 cm