Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
December 3, 1814
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 74
Additional Source Text:
"And a specimen of the Lace Wood, shewing the quality of its Bark
Notes:
Lagetta lagetto is a species of tree native to several Caribbean islands. It is called the lacebark or gauze tree because the inner bark is structured as a fine netting that has been used for centuries to make clothing as well as utilitarian objects like rope.
The donor was one of the owners of the St. Clair tract of coalfields in Schuylkill County, Pa., now the borough of St. Clair.
Search for "Lagetta" for four other examples of lacebark.
Current Common Name:
Lacebark
Current Scientific Name
Lagetta lagetto
