Valenciennes Bobbin Lace Pattern and Sample
date: label: date made
content: late 19th century
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This set is a pattern of Valenciennes square mesh bobbin lace and a sample made from it. The pattern is drawn with ink (?) on parchment and appears to have been used as the pricking. Suggestions for working the pattern are written in French: "Laisser le bas. Claircir (?) les deux cercles. Laisser plus de jeu aux boules. Former le petit medaillon, le haut moins regulier". Extra threads are added to motifs and cut off. The design (no. 554) and sample for this 19th Century Brussels lace were purchased from G. Moens, Brussels, in 1921.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Belgium
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
topic: label: Subject
content: Cotton
label: Subject
content: Lace
label: Subject
content: Lace Making
label: Subject
content: Bobbin Lace
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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: Transfer from Cooper-Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0121.29
label: accession number
content: 2013.0121
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0121.29
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace, pattern
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bobbin lace, Valenciennes (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall, sample: 2 3/4 in x 5/8 in; 6.985 cm x 1.5875 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, sample, pattern, nototations: 14 in x 9 in; 35.56 cm x 22.86 cm