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Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum > Records

IRISH CROCHET, TEA COSY

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Overview

Two parts, front and back of an Irish crochet tea cosy, an important household accessory in 19th C.
The semicircular tea cosy, consists of 6 design bands.
Centre and bands 3 and 5 are the tiered roses.
Bands 2 and 4 are like a line of tulip flowers.
Band 6 is a scalloped with crochet semi circles.
The bands are connected with picoted brides.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-78-2022.104a,b

Width

220 mm

Height or length

400 mm

Last modified

Thursday, 20 November, 2025

Completeness

61

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