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Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum > Records

IRISH CROCHET, MOTIF

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1874

Overview

A charming accessory of Irish crochet motifs which could be used as a modesty or jabot.
Unusual dangling bobbles from top pair of flowers and from centre of bottom flower.

Design consists of pair of large chrysanthemum flowers under which flows scrolling flowers and leaves, leading to a third chrysanthemum flower at the base a raised centre from which flows 4 dangling stamina. Elements connected with picot crochet brides.

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Details

Registration number

cwa-org-78-2020.54

Width

110 mm

Height or length

210 mm

Year

Last modified

Wednesday, 13 August, 2025

Completeness

72

Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum

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