Collar
Category
Costume
Date
1925
Materials
Cotton lawn, broderie anglaise, whitework embroidery.
Measurements
45 x 370 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603859
Summary
A woman's collar made from white cotton lawn. The collar is made from an embroidered panel overlaid on a plain lawn backing band. The panel is decorated with a combination of whitework and broderie anglaise embroidery in a floral motif and is otherwise undecorated. Handwritten onto the reverse side of the collar in black ink, "Helen McCleery", the donor.
Provenance
Gift of Helen M.McCleery
Marks and inscriptions
Reverse side, left hand side.: Handwritten onto the reverse side of the collar in black ink, "Helen McCleery". See associated photograph for further details.