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Doily

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Date
1890 – 1930
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
102.04.0357
Description
Crocheted, oval cotton and linen doily with centre flower surrounded by compact, ornate leaf and flower designs throughout doily. Flowers alternate crochet and netting in petals, open areas in work but mostly tightly crocheted otherwise.
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Title
Doily
Date
1890 – 1930
Material
fibre
Dimensions
26.0 x 37.5 cm
Description
Crocheted, oval cotton and linen doily with centre flower surrounded by compact, ornate leaf and flower designs throughout doily. Flowers alternate crochet and netting in petals, open areas in work but mostly tightly crocheted otherwise.
Subject
households
decorative
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0357
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