Tag for World War I Belgian Lace
date: label: made during
content: 1914-1919
name: label: facilitator
content: Hoover, Herbert
label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This paper tag is labeled "N° 13/0436 Point Alençon Louis XVI made by hand in... for the C'on for Relief in Belgium" On the reverse is a red wax seal embossed with “Commission for Relief in Belgium, Dentelle Belge” and an image of the Belgian Lion. A black, yellow, and orange cord is sealed into the wax, and “$24.00” is lightly penciled in on the card. The tag came to the museum without the lace attached.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Belgium
topic: label: Subject
content: Lace Making
label: Subject
content: European History
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: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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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: transfer from Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0121.21
label: accession number
content: 2013.0121
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0121.21
objectType: label: Object Name
content: war lace
label: Object Name
content: tag
label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: seal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (base material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (image color)
label: Physical Description
content: sealing wax (front material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 8.89 cm