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 is a sample of handmade Torchon bobbin lace border made at the Amoy Lace Guild Factory in China. The price was five cents a yard in US gold. 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.T00911
label: catalog number
content: T00911.000
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: 10 1/2 in x 3/4 in; x 26.67 cm x 1.905 cm