Object Details
- Lakeman, Elizabeth Lord
- Description
- Mrs. Elizabeth Lord Lakeman, who was born 1767 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and died 1862 in Hallowell, Maine used this pillow, pattern and bobbins to make bobbin lace most of her life. Mrs. Lakeman most likely made Ipswich lace in the late 1780's and 1790's during the peak of the Ipswich lace industry. The pillow is stuffed with sea-grass or straw and the parchment pattern has holes pricked for the lace. The bobbins are whittled from bamboo, other reeds, or wood. The current pattern and lace on the pillow are from around 1860.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Walter DuBois Brookings, 1948
- 1785-1795
- lacemaker using pillow
- 1767-1862
- used
- 1789-1790
- 1785-1862
- ID Number
- TE.E386685
- catalog number
- E386685
- accession number
- 180233
- Object Name
- pillow, lace
- lace pillow, lace
- lace pillow, lace, pattern
- Physical Description
- parchment (pattern material)
- cotton (lace material)
- metal (pins material)
- cotton (cover of pillow material)
- straw (stuffing material)
- linen (inside cover of pillow material)
- bobbin lace (lace production method/technique)
- wood and reeds (bobbins material)
- Measurements
- overall, circumference: 29 1/2 in x 8 in; 74.93 cm x 20.32 cm
- bobbins: 4 3/4 in x 7/8 in; 12.065 cm x 2.2225 cm
- overall, pattern: 31 in x 1 3/8 in; 78.74 cm x 3.4925 cm
- place made
- United States: Maine, Hallowell
- United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
- origin of objects
- United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Family & Social Life
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Lace
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Cotton
- Lace
- Lace Making
- Bobbin Lace
- Record ID
- nmah_644978
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-5ebd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
