Object Details
- Description
- This round tablecloth is decorated with the American and Belgian shields, and the Whitlock family crest. Mr. Brand Whitlock was the American envoy and later ambassador to Belgium from 1914 to 1921. Mrs. Brand Whitlock worked tirelessly on behalf of the Belgian lace makers during World War I.
- The center of the tablecloth is Old Flanders style bobbin lace with needle lace ground. The same lace pattern is used in TE*T14468A and TE*T14468B. A wide border of point de Venise style needle lace surrounds the four shields. Belgian lace makers made this tablecloth during World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- described
- Whitlock, Ella Brainerd
- referenced
- Whitlock, Brand
- facilitator
- Hoover, Herbert
- maker
- unknown
- made during
- 1914-1918
- Credit Line
- Gift of Vicomtesse de Beughem
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- bobbin and needle laces (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 28 1/2 in; 72.39 cm
- Object Name
- lace
- table topper
- war lace
- Object Type
- lace
