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Embroiderers' Guild of WA > Records

FILET CROCHET, TEA CLOTH

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This tea cloth is beautifully worked, obviously by an expert crochet worker. The attractive design is very symmetrical. The thread joins are remarkable as there is no evidence of pulling or tightness. Note that in working triangles, on one side, the trebles are more even than the other – just the nature of the way the filet trebles are worked from side to side.
Good quality cotton octagonal shaped centre, broadest dimension 880mm. The four corners have an equilateral triangular crocheted segment, 380mm sides by 550mm base. The design consists of a wreath with a rose, buds, leaves and a bow. This was worked separately then attached. Around the whole is a scalloped filet crochet edge, 160mm deep. The design in the scallops alternates between a rose and a spray of leaves and these are connected with stems and rosebuds.

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Registration number

cwa-org-78-2003.1

Width

1210 mm

Height or length

1210 mm

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