Object Details
- Description
- The Ipswich lace industry used patterns such as this linen pasteboard pricking in the late 1700's. The pattern corresponds to one of the black silk lace samples sent to Alexander Hamilton in 1791 as samples of an important handmade industry in Ipswich, Massachusetts. In 1789-1790 600 lace makers made and sold close to 42,000 yards of lace in one year. The samples are preserved among Alexander Hamilton's papers in the Library of Congress. A copy made from this pattern was used for the reproduction of an Ipswich lace in the "Within These Walls..." exhibit in 2001.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- referenced
- Lakeman, Elizabeth Lord
- Hamilton, Alexander
- maker
- unknown
- date made
- 1780-1789
- Associated Date
- 1789-1790
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Walter DuBois Brookings
- Physical Description
- linen pastebaord (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 30 3/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 77.1525 cm x 8.89 cm
- Object Name
- pattern, lace
