Chinese Made Torchon Bobbin Lace Sample
date: label: date made
content: 1905-1912
label: date made
content: 1900-1912
name: label: maker
content: Amoy Lace Guild
notes: label: Description
content: This sample of handmade torchon bobbin lace has motifs with diamond shapes, spiders, and Spanish fans. It was made at the Amoy Lace Guild in China and sold for twenty cents per yard in US gold in 1913. The Amoy Lace Guild was established by missionaries in 1885 as a charitable organization to provide a source of income to indigent Chinese women and children. Patterns and linen thread was imported from England and Ireland. Lace from the Amoy Lace Guild won a silver medal at the St. Louis exposition in 1904.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China: Fujian, Xiamen
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Amoy Lace Guild, Amoy, China, through Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce.1913
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T00918
label: catalog number
content: T00918.000
label: accession number
content: 55643
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, sample
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bobbin lace, torchon (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; x 31.75 cm x 3.81 cm