Valenciennes Border
date: label: made during
content: 1914-1918
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: The leaf pattern on this border is made in the Valenciennes square mesh bobbin lace technique in cotton thread. It has a two and one-half inch long pattern repeat. The edges are straight with picots on one side and unfinished ends. It was identified by the donor as lace made by Belgian lace makers 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: 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
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.T14224
label: catalog number
content: T14224
label: accession number
content: 273245
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: border
label: Object Name
content: war lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, war lace
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bobbin lace, Valenciennes (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 in x 3 in; 71.12 cm x 7.62 cm