Border with Swans and Flowerbaskets
date: label: date made
content: 1914-1919
notes: label: Description
content: This Point de Paris bobbin lace border for a mat is two inches wide and made of cotton. It is sewn together as a rectangle with the flowerbaskets in the corners being made on the diagonal. The swan and flower basket pattern is very similar to lace made in Belgium during World War I and pictured in a Commission For Relief in Belgium booklet Belgian Lace Made in Belgium During the War.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: made at
content: Belgium: Flanders, Turnhout
topic: label: classified
content: Lace
label: used
content: Lace Making
label: used
content: Bobbin Lace
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: War Laces
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: gift of Mrs. Marjorie S. Palmer thru Mrs. Adelaide S. Whittemore, 1968
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T14639
label: catalog number
content: T14639
label: accession number
content: 278083
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, border, war lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, border
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 3/4 in x 18 3/4 in; 27.305 cm x 47.625 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in; 5.08 cm