Object Details
- Description
- Floral motifs in the Valenciennes square mesh bobbin lace technique were used for this cotton lace border. The repeated pattern is four and three-eight inches long, and the ends are unfinished. The pattern is the same as in TE*T14225B, except for the scalloped edge. It was identified by the donor as lace made 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 Vicomtesse de Beughem
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- bobbin lace, Valenciennes (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 78 in x 3 3/8 in; 198.12 cm x 8.5725 cm
- Object Name
- lace
- border
- war lace
- lace, war lace
- Object Type
- lace
