Object Details
- Description
- This border is Chantilly bobbin lace made in black silk. The design consists of floral motifs with four-inch long pattern repeats. The edge is slightly scalloped with picots. It was probably made in Grammont (Geraardsbergen), Belgium and 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
- 1917-1918
- Credit Line
- Gift of Vicomtesse de Beughem
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- bobbin lace, Chantilly (overall production method/technique)
- black (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 7/8 in x 38 in; 9.8425 cm x 96.52 cm
- Object Name
- lace
- border
- war lace
- lace, war lace
- Object Type
- lace
