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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0001 a-l
- Description
- A set of twelve Irish linen finger bowl towels decorated with embroidery.
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- Title
- Fingertip Towel
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- A set of twelve Irish linen finger bowl towels decorated with embroidery.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0001 a-l
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, flax; fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0002 a-f
- Description
- A set of six Madeira finger bowl towels. Each towel is woven of linen and decorated with an embroidered rooster. One towel, 103.02.0002a, is marked with “J.W.” written in ink in one corner.
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- Title
- Fingertip Towel
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, flax; fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- A set of six Madeira finger bowl towels. Each towel is woven of linen and decorated with an embroidered rooster. One towel, 103.02.0002a, is marked with “J.W.” written in ink in one corner.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0002 a-f
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, flax; fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0003 a,b
- Description
- A set of two Madeira linen finger bowl towels. Each towel has scalloped edges and is decorated with a rooster embroidered in one corner with silk thread.
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- Title
- Fingertip Towel
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, flax; fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- A set of two Madeira linen finger bowl towels. Each towel has scalloped edges and is decorated with a rooster embroidered in one corner with silk thread.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0003 a,b
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0016
- Description
- A cut work, possibly Irish, cloth table cover with a solid cotton centre. The border is an ornate openwork leaf design. There is a 2 cm stain in the centre, and some deterioration of the border.
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- Title
- Table Throw
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 73.0 x 73.0 cm
- Description
- A cut work, possibly Irish, cloth table cover with a solid cotton centre. The border is an ornate openwork leaf design. There is a 2 cm stain in the centre, and some deterioration of the border.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0016
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0017
- Description
- A square table cover with a symmetrical leaf design that radiates from the centre. This piece is entirely done in the cutwork technique, and is possibly Irish in origin.
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- Title
- Table Throw
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 57.0 x 61.0 cm
- Description
- A square table cover with a symmetrical leaf design that radiates from the centre. This piece is entirely done in the cutwork technique, and is possibly Irish in origin.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0017
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0022
- Description
- A square, white silk mat with fringed edges (possibly cut from a larger piece). The throw has a floral design in the centre, with a large pink silk thread embroidered flower and green leaves.
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- Title
- Table Throw
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 17.0 cm
- Description
- A square, white silk mat with fringed edges (possibly cut from a larger piece). The throw has a floral design in the centre, with a large pink silk thread embroidered flower and green leaves.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0022
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- Date
- 1820 – 1850
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0026
- Description
- One very delicate guipure lace mat. Guipure is a lace in which the patterns are held in place by connecting threads rather than attached to mesh or net ground, as in filet lace. The doily has a quadrifoliate shape of four large scallops with four smaller scallops between each of the large scallop…
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- Title
- Table Throw
- Date
- 1820 – 1850
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 37.0 x 49.0 cm
- Description
- One very delicate guipure lace mat. Guipure is a lace in which the patterns are held in place by connecting threads rather than attached to mesh or net ground, as in filet lace. The doily has a quadrifoliate shape of four large scallops with four smaller scallops between each of the large scallops. The center of the doily has four star shaped flowers. The outside edge of the doily is also scalloped.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0026
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0030
- Description
- One ecru lace tray cloth (ecru refers to the unbleached linen which is beige in colour). The pattern is worked in a combination of filet lace and drawn work-Italian punto tirato technique. The piece is rectangular with a solid centre and a wide border of mesh squares.
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- Title
- Table Throw
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 45.0 cm
- Description
- One ecru lace tray cloth (ecru refers to the unbleached linen which is beige in colour). The pattern is worked in a combination of filet lace and drawn work-Italian punto tirato technique. The piece is rectangular with a solid centre and a wide border of mesh squares.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0030
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0034
- Description
- One square linen mat with a pattern done in openwork - Italian punto tangliato. An outside border is worked in punto tirate, and is hemstitched, finishing the outside edge. A square openwork band with circle motif is just inside the punto tirato border with four triangles of openwork, each conta…
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- Title
- Table Throw
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- One square linen mat with a pattern done in openwork - Italian punto tangliato. An outside border is worked in punto tirate, and is hemstitched, finishing the outside edge. A square openwork band with circle motif is just inside the punto tirato border with four triangles of openwork, each containing circles and a four-petalled flower, one triangle at each corner.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0034
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0035
- Description
- A linen table cover that is decorated in the middle, corners, and along the edges with repeated drawn work (Italian punto tirato technique). This repeated design at corners, along edges and in the centre consists of small four-petalled openwork flowers arranged in a square set inside a larger punto…
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- Title
- Table Throw
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Dimensions
- 83.0 x 88.0 cm
- Description
- A linen table cover that is decorated in the middle, corners, and along the edges with repeated drawn work (Italian punto tirato technique). This repeated design at corners, along edges and in the centre consists of small four-petalled openwork flowers arranged in a square set inside a larger punto tirato square with the edges crossing through the four corners and extending outward in four directions.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0035
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