BROWN LINEN & CROCHETED CIRCULAR DOILY

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

BROWN LINEN & CROCHETED CIRCULAR DOILY

Entry/Object ID

94.5.8.1

Description

Color: Brown A circular brown doily, ca. 1920. The artifact has a cotton crochet edging in a scallop design and a very fine gauge crochet hook appears to have been used for the edging. Purchased in Panama by Martha O'Grady McElwaine in 1920-21, the artifact is in good condition with only one small stain near the center.

Lexicon

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Doilies, Household linens, House furnishings

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Doilies