A square, handwoven, white cotton bag with a short brown twisted cord handles through holes in the side near the top opening. A picture on the side of the bag is worked in cross stitch embroidery and is a wide border framing two peacocks and a tree in the centre.
A square, handwoven, white cotton bag with a short brown twisted cord handles through holes in the side near the top opening. A picture on the side of the bag is worked in cross stitch embroidery and is a wide border framing two peacocks and a tree in the centre.
A square draw string bag of natural woven linen with a white twisted cord drawstring. The bag is decorated with a panel of crocheted netting with squirrel shapes formed by threading red string through the netting.
A square draw string bag of natural woven linen with a white twisted cord drawstring. The bag is decorated with a panel of crocheted netting with squirrel shapes formed by threading red string through the netting.
A pouch-shaped crocheted cord bag with a long woven handle. The bag is decorated with a pattern of white diamonds connected with white horizontal bands surrounded by smaller black and red triangles on each side. The circular bottom of the bag is natural coloured with a red ring.
A pouch-shaped crocheted cord bag with a long woven handle. The bag is decorated with a pattern of white diamonds connected with white horizontal bands surrounded by smaller black and red triangles on each side. The circular bottom of the bag is natural coloured with a red ring.
A flat, square, red wool drawstring bag with a pattern of large orange and white flowers outlined with black triangles embroidered all over. Each of the flowers has a piece of mirrored glass at the centre.
A flat, square, red wool drawstring bag with a pattern of large orange and white flowers outlined with black triangles embroidered all over. Each of the flowers has a piece of mirrored glass at the centre.
A pair of metal scissors with a screw hinge. The blades are straight and very thick at a blunt edge with a rectangular notch cut out near the base of the sharp edge forming an open slit when the scissors are closed. The short arms have a fancy angular design spreading out slightly with finger loo…
A pair of metal scissors with a screw hinge. The blades are straight and very thick at a blunt edge with a rectangular notch cut out near the base of the sharp edge forming an open slit when the scissors are closed. The short arms have a fancy angular design spreading out slightly with finger loops at the end.
A rectangular piece of commercially woven needlepoint canvas with sampler design worked in wool slightly off centre and closer to the top. Background fabric natural ecru colour with rectangular sampler bordered in blue with light blue fret pattern edging. Alphabet of capital letters worked at the t…
A rectangular piece of commercially woven needlepoint canvas with sampler design worked in wool slightly off centre and closer to the top. Background fabric natural ecru colour with rectangular sampler bordered in blue with light blue fret pattern edging. Alphabet of capital letters worked at the top in tan colour with cross stitch, with a cross stitched dog filling the space left at the end of the alphabet, then a row of blue cross stitching divides the numerals from 1 through 9 to 0 in light green, ending with the date "1913", then a blue line followed by "Catharine Robb", in pink, "her sampler, aged 7", in light green. Followed by a blue line with a small looped garland of pink flowers hanging from it, and a picture below carefully worked in needlepoint of a basket of flowers at the centre and a tree in pink flowerpot on either side.
A pair of textured, gold-coloured, curtains. The fabric has a sheen (satin?) and is shot through with dark gold. A 12.5 cm band of deep gold velvet is sewn along the bottom edge. Each curtain is decorated with large gold and brown flowers outlined in metallic thread. They are embroidered thickl…
A pair of textured, gold-coloured, curtains. The fabric has a sheen (satin?) and is shot through with dark gold. A 12.5 cm band of deep gold velvet is sewn along the bottom edge. Each curtain is decorated with large gold and brown flowers outlined in metallic thread. They are embroidered thickly, in three dense lines, at the bottom above the velvet. There are more flowers scattered about the rest of each curtain. Small metal rings are sewn to the top edge for hanging.
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.
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.