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| Date: | 1914-1918 |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Technique: | needle lace |
| Material: | cotton or linen |
| Dimensions: | 7 x 7 in. (17 x 17 cm) |
| Credit: | Gift from the Estate of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kohler |
| Accession Number: | 1991.22.001b |
Comments: Very fine, highly detailed needle lace mat featuring an eagle grasping six arrows in one claw and a laurel branch in the other, with a field of thirteen stars above. At center there is a shield with a solid field above and a striped field in the lower area. The feathers and leaves are worked in closed and open buttonhole stitch, and outlined in cordonnet. Negative spaces are filled with a large hexagonal mesh ground in buttonhole stitch and picotage.
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This object has the following bibliographic references:
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Virginia Churchill Bath. Lace. Penguin Books. Middlesex, England , 1974. Page Number: 54-62.
- Anchor Manual of Needlework. B.T. Batsford, LTD. London , 1958. Page Number: 291.
- Therese de Dillmont. Encyclopedia of Needle Work. , 0. Page Number: 545-603.
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