62 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 
assign to this subject in March, 1910, the entire picture gallery in 
the older building. Many new cases were added and, under the 
supervision of Mrs. Pinchot, the specimens were rearranged in a 
far more satisfactory manner, and much was done toward perfecting 
the labeling 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 
specimens, contributed by 47 persons, the additions during the year 
having numbered 386 specimens, of which 128 were permanent 
acquisitions through 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 fillg gaps and to replacing 
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 8. Bryant, daughter of Will- 
iam Cullen Bryant. The gift was made in Miss Bryant’s name. 
The laces were mostly fine large pieces of Burano, Flemish, Mechlin, 
Alencon, point de rose de Venice, Flanders, point d’Angleterre, etc., 
dating back about 200 years. Other donations consisted of two 
pieces of Toénder lace, a rare product of Scandinavian needlework, 
one from the Countess 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 follows: 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 
Appliqué, 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 century in cut and drawn work; Mrs. 
A. C. Barney, a spread of filet and drawn work, a lace scarf, a drawn- 
work scarf, a piece of crochet lace, and a Spanish filet lace; and Mrs. 
Arthur James Collier, handkerchiefs, collar and tie of Brussels point 
lace. 
