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Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum > Records

TOOLS, THREAD CONES

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Three large cones of cream thread for making Duchesse tape lace, originally part of a kit. Thread sizes 40/2, 50/2, 60/2 (originally 1500 m in length). Also included are 3 cards of tape lace: fine white insertion, ecru insertion and ecru edging tape.

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cwa-org-78-2024.64a-f

Last modified

Thursday, 14 August, 2025

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Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum

Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum

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Other items from Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum

Cone of linen thread

Cone of linen thread

Cone of linen thread

Cone of linen thread

Cone of linen thread

Cone of linen thread

Tape lace by metre

Tape lace by metre

Tape lace by metre

Tape lace by metre

Tape lace by metre

Tape lace by metre

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