1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Medallion
date: label: date made
content: 1909
name: label: maker
content: Verporte, Edy
notes: label: Description
content: This cotton, point de gaze style, needle lace medallion was made to commemorate the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909 held in Seattle, Washington. The lace was designed and made by Eduord Marie Verpoorten (Edy Verporte) a native of Belgium, living in Spokane. The medallion depicts the official seal of the exposition. One of the three women is holding a steamship carrying goods from the Orient, another is holding gold from Alaska and the third holds a locomotive bringing wealth to the American Continent. Mrs. Verpoorten was awarded the Grand Prize for her lace.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Washington, Spokane
topic: label: Subject
content: Lace
label: Subject
content: Lace Making
label: Subject
content: Needle Lace
label: related event
content: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Lace
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content: Art
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Margaret Lee Feliz Sherlock & Warren C. Sherlock
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0186.1
label: accession number
content: 2003.0186
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0186.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace medallion
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: needle lace, point de gaze (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall diameter: 5 in; 12.7 cm