Princess Lace Loom for Making Bobbin Lace
date: label: date made
content: 1904 - 1919
label: patent date
content: 1903
name: label: founder of the Torchon Lace Co.
content: Lewis, Sylvester G.
label: patent holder
content: Lewis, Sylvester G.
label: maker
content: Torchon Lace Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Princess Lace Loom is a lace pillow for making bobbin lace. It was patented by Sylvester G. Lewis in 1903, patent number 745,206.
label: Description (Brief)
content: It is set up with a lace pattern from the The American Lace Maker, Volume 1, 2016.0048.03 and 20 bobbins wound with Barbours linen. It was also called the Princess Lace Machine, and advertised widely in women's magazines from 1901. It was sold by mail-order.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
label: Object made in Saint Louis
content: United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
topic: label: Subject
content: Lace Making
label: Subject
content: Lace Making Pattern
label: Subject
content: Bobbin Lace
label: Subject
content: Mail Order
label: Subject
content: Manufacturing
label: Subject
content: Patented
label: Subject
content: Linen
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Advertising
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0048.01
label: accession number
content: 2016.0048
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0048.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pillow, lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (ratchet and frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: green crushed velvet (cover on "apron" material)
label: Physical Description
content: bobbin lace (lace production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (overall roller material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 16 in x 19 in; 11.43 cm x 40.64 cm x 48.26 cm