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Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum > Records

IRISH CROCHET, MAT

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Extremely fine piece of Irish crochet, displaying many different design motifs, including two unusual ones, bunches of grapes and chrysanthemum flowers.
The circular mat has 6 concentric circles with different designs: a tiered rose in the centre, circle of 10 small chrysanthemum flowers, circle with 3x3 alternating elements – bunch of grapes, crocus flowers and flat rose, a lattice band, circle of flowers alternating tiered rose and flat chrysanthemum, circle of circular flower motifs surrounded by circles and border of chrysanthemum flowers.

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Registration number

cwa-org-78-2020.48

Last modified

Monday, 27 March, 2023

Completeness

61

Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum

Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum

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