Object Details
- Amoy Lace Guild
- Description
- This sample of Chinese made torchon bobbin lace edging is labeled as costing “$.60 per yard in US gold” and is made of linen. It was acquired from the Amoy Lace Guild, Amoy (Xiamen), China, through Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce in 1913. The Amoy Lace Guild was established by missionaries in 1885 as a charitable organization to provide a source of income to indigent Chinese women and children. Patterns and linen thread was imported from England and Ireland. Lace from the Amoy Lace Guild won a silver medal at the St. Louis exposition in 1904.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Transfer through Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce from Amoy Lace Guild, Amoy, China.1913
- 1900-1912
- 1904-1912
- ID Number
- TE.T00942
- catalog number
- T00942
- accession number
- 55643
- Object Name
- lace
- lace, sample
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- bobbin lace, torchon (overall production method/technique)
- linen (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 in x 5 in; 20.32 cm x 12.7 cm
- place made
- China: Fujian, Xiamen
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Lace
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Lace
- Bobbin Lace
- Linen
- Record ID
- nmah_624022
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-bda3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
