Fingerless Mitt
date: label: made during
content: 1914-1919
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This fingerless mitt, one of a pair, is handmade of white cotton in Chantilly style bobbin lace with floral motifs. A ribbon is added along the top edge. The back of the mitt is fastened with a small button. The mitt matches TE*T14221B and 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: used
content: Cotton
label: web subject
content: European History
label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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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.T14221A
label: catalog number
content: T14221A
label: accession number
content: 273245
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: mitt, fingerless
label: Object Name
content: war lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, mitt
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bobbin lace, Chantilly (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 1/2 in; 52.07 cm