American Eagle and Belgian Lion Table Scarf
date: label: made during
content: 1914-1919
name: label: facilitator
content: Hoover, Herbert
label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Both ends of this table scarf are decorated with the seals of the United States and Belgium. A cornucopia spilling from the US shield to the Belgian shield symbolizes generosity from the American people toward the Belgian people.
label: Description
content: The table scarf, with delicate handmade floral designs of Point de Gaze needle lace and mixed Brussels bobbin and needle lace, is appliquéd to machine made net. Belgian lace makers made this during World War I.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Belgium
topic: label: web subject
content: Lace
label: web subject
content: coat-of-arms
label: web subject
content: European History
label: used
content: Cotton
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: Lace
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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: Gift of Vicomtesse de Beughem
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E383968
label: catalog number
content: E383968
label: accession number
content: 172208
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: table cover
label: Object Name
content: war lace
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bobbin lace, needle lace (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: machine made lace net (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 108 in x 32 in; 274.32 cm x 81.28 cm