Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Transfer from Cooper-Hewitt
- late 19th century
- ID Number
- 2013.0121.29
- accession number
- 2013.0121
- catalog number
- 2013.0121.29
- Object Name
- lace, pattern
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- bobbin lace, Valenciennes (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall, sample: 2 3/4 in x 5/8 in; 6.985 cm x 1.5875 cm
- overall, sample, pattern, nototations: 14 in x 9 in; 35.56 cm x 22.86 cm
- place made
- Belgium
- Associated Place
- United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Clothing & Accessories
- Lace
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- subject
- Cotton
- Lace
- Lace Making
- Bobbin Lace
- Record ID
- nmah_1442742
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-67e5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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