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Bobbin Lace Insertion Sample Made in China
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This sample of handmade torchon bobbin lace insertion has motifs with diamond shapes, spiders, and roseground. It was made at the Amoy Lace Guild in China and sold for twenty cents per yard in US gold in 1913. The Amoy Lace Guild was established by missionaries in 1885 as a charitable organization to provide a source of income to indigent Chinese women and children. Patterns and linen thread was imported from England and Ireland. Lace from the Amoy Lace Guild won a silver medal at the St. Louis exposition in 1904.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineBobbin Lace Insertion Sample Made in China. 1905-1912. Amoy Lace Guild. National Museum of American History, Amoy Lace Guild, Amoy, China, through Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce.1913. CC0.
