Object Details
- Description
- A peacock motif is the focus of this border in Point de Paris bobbin lace. It was probably made in Courtrai (Kortrijk), Belgium by Belgian lace makers during World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- unknown
- made during
- 1914-1918
- Credit Line
- gift of Mrs. Marjorie S. Palmer thru Mrs. Adelaide S. Whittemore, 1968
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- bobbin lace, Point de Paris (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 34 in x 6 in; 86.36 cm x 15.24 cm
- pattern repeat: 10 3/4 in x 6 in; 27.305 cm x 15.24 cm
- Object Name
- lace
- border
- war lace
- Object Type
- lace
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