Embroidered net
Category
Textiles
Date
circa 1905 - 1915
Materials
Net
Measurements
180 mm (width); 125 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 657553
Summary
A triangular shaped piece of machine embroidered net. The edge has a row of straight stitches in a brown lustre thread, which also surrounds a round central motif. The inner edge of the round motif and the line of straight stitches have a row of pink, cream and green knots. Similar threads are stitched in floral motifs inside the design and round the edge.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs G L Howarth in 1977.