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Isidore de Rudder Designed Pillow Top

Hoover, Herbert

This pillow top was designed by the Belgian sculptor Isidore de Rudder (1855-1943). The design of starfish, crabs, and eels in seaweed with the central inscription “1914 Yzer 1915” commemorates a famous battle at the Yzer River, where Belgian engineers prevented the German troops from advancing by manipulating the locks on the Yzer River to flood the surrounding fields.

Date

1915-1918

Type

lace

Medium

cotton (overall material)

Department

NMAH

Institution

National Museum of American History

Object number

nmah_620677

Credit

Gift of Vicomtesse de Beughem