Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- The Great Seal of the United States, often used in American decorative arts, provided the design inspiration for this Mechlin bobbin lace. It was made by Belgian lace makers during World War I and was likely intended to be inserted into a larger item.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. Leon Orlowski
- made during
- 1914-1918
- ID Number
- TE.T16115E
- catalog number
- T16115E
- accession number
- 297965
- Object Name
- lace
- medallion
- war lace
- lace, war lace
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- bobbin lace, Mechlin (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 in x 6 1/4 in; 20.32 cm x 15.875 cm
- place made
- Belgium
- depicting shield
- United States
- Related Publication
- Kellogg, Charlotte (Hoffman). Bobbins of Belgium: A Book of Belgian Lace, Lace-Workers, Lace-Schools and Lace-Villages
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- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Lace
- War Laces
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- subject
- Lace
- European History
- coat-of-arms
- Cotton
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_635191
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-51a0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
