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Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum > Records

GENERAL EMBROIDERY, MATS

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A pair of SEMCO stamped linen doyleys with an Australian theme of birds – an Eastern Rosella perched on a eucalyptus tree and a cockatoo on a branch.

Edging to be worked in buttonhole stitch is different from most stamped linen doyleys which have machine made decorative holes for creating a crochet edge.

a. Cockatoo – Stamped on top of doyley are the words ‘Semco DOYLEY’ and at base ‘COCKATOO’.

b. Eastern Rosella – Top of doyley are stamped the words ‘Semco DOYLEY’ and at base ‘EASTERN ROSELLA’

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-78-2023.103a-b

Last modified

Monday, 18 August, 2025

Completeness

61

Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum

Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum

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Stamped linen mat of Rosella

Stamped linen mat of Rosella

Stamped linen mat of Cockatoo

Stamped linen mat of Cockatoo

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