Bird Motifs in Valenciennes Lace Border
date: label: date made
content: Mid 19th C.
name: label: Associated Name
content: Pinchot, Mary Eno
label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Valenciennes continuous bobbin lace border with a pattern of birds in two and a half inch long repeats. Made during the transition between round and square mesh. The lace has been cut from a wider piece and hemmed at both sides with narrow bobbin or machine made tapes. Illustrated in "Pillow Lace" by Mincoff and Marriage, 1907, p. 42 with extra width. (Erroneously?) described as Louis XV.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. James W. Pinchot, 1908
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.L6484
label: catalog number
content: L6484.000
label: accession number
content: 48717
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, border
label: Object Name
content: 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: 23 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 59.69 cm x 6.35 cm