62 EEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 



assi<i:n to this subject in March, 1910, the entire picture gallery in 

 the okler buikUng. Many new cases were adder! and, under the 

 supervision of Mrs. Pinchot, the specimens were rearranged in a 

 far more satisfactory manner, and much was done toward perfecting 

 the labehng before the year closed. Having been mainly depend- 

 ent on loans, the composition of the collection has changed to some 

 extent from time to time, but the additions have always exceeded 

 the withdrawals and the quality of the collection as a whole has 

 been greatly improved. At the end of the year it comprised 779 

 specunens, contributed by 47 persons, the additions during the year 

 having numbered 386 specimens, of which 128 were permanent 

 acquisitions tlu'ough gift or purchase. Besides laces, which were 

 the primary object of the movement, the collection contains fine 

 examples of embroideries, brocades, velvets, tapestries, fans, enam- 

 els, porcelain, jewelry, silverware, etc. 



Of laces there were two principal gifts. One of these, purchased 

 in Europe by Mrs. Pinchot specially for the collection, comprised 61 

 valuable pieces selected with reference to filling gaps and to replacmg 

 specimens not of a character fully meeting museum requirements. 

 The other, presented by Miss Anna R. Fairchild of New York and 

 Paris, contained 12 pieces of lace, besides 7 fans, which had been 

 bequeathed to her by the late Miss Julia S. Bryant, daughter of Will- 

 iam Cullen Bryant. The gift was made in Miss Br3^ant's name. 

 The laces were mostly fine large pieces of Burano, Flemish, Mechlin, 

 Alenfon, point de rose de Venice, Flanders, point d'Angleterre, etc., 

 dating back about 200 years. Other donations consisted of two 

 pieces of Tender lace, a rare product of Scandinavian needlework, 

 one from the Cbuntess Carl von Moltke, the other from Mrs. Carl 

 Kelleter; an old French embroidered lace collar from Miss Carrie 

 Harrison; two fragments of old Binche lace from Miss Frances 

 Morris; and a piece of modern Greek lace from Mrs. J. Harriet 

 Goodell. 



The loans of laces and drawn work were as follow^s: Mrs. Thomas 

 F. Richardson, 20 examples of Guipure de Genes, Mechlin, Flemish, 

 Irish, Milano point, antique Greek, and other varieties; Miss Julia 

 Chadwick, 28 examples, including Valenciennes, Honiton, Point 

 Applique, Venetian point, Burano and English pillow lace; Mrs. W. A. 

 Slater, a piece of Burano lace; Mrs. H. B. Coolidge, a fine lace bertha; 

 Mrs. William E. Curtis, two rare lace handkerchiefs made by the 

 Indians of Paraguay and Venezuela; Mrs. W. Murray Crane, two fine 

 altar cloths of the sixteenth centurv in cut and drawn work; Mrs. 

 A. C. Barney, a spread of filet and drawn work, a lace scarf, a drawn- 

 work scarf, apiece of crochet lace, and a Spanish filet lace; and Mrs. 

 Arthur James Collier, handkerchiefs, collar and tie of Brussels point 

 lace. 



