Doily

Museum number:
2-62894
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
4023 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
small, cream white circle made up of 8 lace circles attached to 8 point piece of linen with one more lace circle set in center. Slightly stained, see p. 252 of “Anchor Manual of Needlework” NK 9105/A5 c. 1900. Length: 6 inches
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
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Doily, accession number 2-62894, described as small, cream white circle made up of 8 lace circles attached to 8 point piece of linen with one more lace circle set in center. Slightly stained, see p. 252 of “Anchor Manual of Needlework” NK 9105/A5 c. 1900. Length: 6 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doily, accession number 2-62894, described as small, cream white circle made up of 8 lace circles attached to 8 point piece of linen with one more lace circle set in center. Slightly stained, see p. 252 of “Anchor Manual of Needlework” NK 9105/A5 c. 1900. Length: 6 inches

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