Doily

Museum number:
2-62891
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3957 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Very coarse linen Cluney lace rectangle. Central four petal flower surrounded by crescent, comma and circle shapes of mesh with overlaying flowers and leaves shaped of pointed petals. Ground of braided brides. White. Good condition. c. 1900. Mended with yellow silk in one small area
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
United States
Verbatim coll. place:
U.S.A.
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Materials:
Linen (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Doilies and Lace (needlework)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 15 inches and length 17 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Doily, accession number 2-62891, described as Very coarse linen Cluney lace rectangle. Central four petal flower surrounded by crescent, comma and circle shapes of mesh with overlaying flowers and leaves shaped of pointed petals. Ground of braided brides. White. Good condition. c. 1900. Mended with yellow silk in one small area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doily, accession number 2-62891, described as Very coarse linen Cluney lace rectangle. Central four petal flower surrounded by crescent, comma and circle shapes of mesh with overlaying flowers and leaves shaped of pointed petals. Ground of braided brides. White. Good condition. c. 1900. Mended with yellow silk in one small areaDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doily, accession number 2-62891, described as Very coarse linen Cluney lace rectangle. Central four petal flower surrounded by crescent, comma and circle shapes of mesh with overlaying flowers and leaves shaped of pointed petals. Ground of braided brides. White. Good condition. c. 1900. Mended with yellow silk in one small area

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