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Date
1800 – 1840
Material
fibre, cotton
Catalogue Number
102.04.0024
Description
Two very delicate guipure lace doilies. Guipure is lace where the patterns are held together by connecting threads rather than to mesh or net ground, as in filet lace. Oval in shape these doilies have designs based on circles. Both are slightly yellowed.
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Title
Doily
Date
1800 – 1840
Material
fibre, cotton
Dimensions
14.0 x 24.0 cm
Description
Two very delicate guipure lace doilies. Guipure is lace where the patterns are held together by connecting threads rather than to mesh or net ground, as in filet lace. Oval in shape these doilies have designs based on circles. Both are slightly yellowed.
Subject
households
decorative
crafts
needlework
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0024
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Date
1800 – 1900
Material
hair, sheep
Catalogue Number
102.04.0195
Description
A narrow, long plush carpet-like strip, turned over and hemmed on ends and edges. Dusty rose ground on which indigo and ochre figures and patterns have been woven.
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Title
Table Runner
Date
1800 – 1900
Material
hair, sheep
Dimensions
37.0 x 147.5 cm
Description
A narrow, long plush carpet-like strip, turned over and hemmed on ends and edges. Dusty rose ground on which indigo and ochre figures and patterns have been woven.
Subject
households
decorative
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0195
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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