Object Details
- Description
- This sample of handmade cluny style bobbin lace insertion has leaves, braids, and raised leaves on half-stitch. It was made at the Amoy Lace Guild in China and sold for thirty-five cents per yard in US gold 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
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Amoy Lace Guild
- date made
- 1905-1912
- 1900-1912
- Credit Line
- Amoy Lace Guild, Amoy, China, through Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce.1913
- Physical Description
- bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)
- linen (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 4 in; x 30.48 cm x 10.16 cm
- Object Name
- Lace
- lace, sample
- Object Type
- lace
