Ipswich Bobbin Lace Pillow With Bobbins, Pattern, and Lace From Ipswich, Massachusetts
date: label: date made
content: 1785-1795
label: lacemaker using pillow
content: 1767-1862
label: used
content: 1789-1790
label: used
content: 1785-1862
name: label: maker
content: Lakeman, Elizabeth Lord
notes: label: Description
content: Mrs. Elizabeth Lord Lakeman, who was born 1767 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and died 1862 in Hallowell, Maine used this pillow, pattern and bobbins to make bobbin lace most of her life. Mrs. Lakeman most likely made Ipswich lace in the late 1780's and 1790's during the peak of the Ipswich lace industry. The pillow is stuffed with sea-grass or straw and the parchment pattern has holes pricked for the lace. The bobbins are whittled from bamboo, other reeds, or wood. The current pattern and lace on the pillow are from around 1860.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maine, Hallowell
label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
label: origin of objects
content: United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
topic: label: Subject
content: Cotton
label: Subject
content: Lace
label: Subject
content: Lace Making
label: Subject
content: Bobbin Lace
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Walter DuBois Brookings, 1948
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E386685
label: catalog number
content: E386685
label: accession number
content: 180233
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pillow, lace
label: Object Name
content: lace pillow, lace
label: Object Name
content: lace pillow, lace, pattern
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: parchment (pattern material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (lace material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (pins material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (cover of pillow material)
label: Physical Description
content: straw (stuffing material)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (inside cover of pillow material)
label: Physical Description
content: bobbin lace (lace production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wood and reeds (bobbins material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, circumference: 29 1/2 in x 8 in; 74.93 cm x 20.32 cm
label: Measurements
content: bobbins: 4 3/4 in x 7/8 in; 12.065 cm x 2.2225 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, pattern: 31 in x 1 3/8 in; 78.74 cm x 3.4925 cm