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Embroidered doily (one of three)
American (Deerfield, Massachusetts)
about 1905
Object Place: Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA
Medium/Technique
Linen, Silk embroidery on linen ground
Dimensions
15.7 x 16.1 cm (6 3/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Margery Burnham Howe
Accession Number1985.695
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionThree embroidered doilies. Linen embroidery on linen ground. A large flower embroidered in multi-colored linen threads on natural colored linen ground; embroidered Deerfield trademark of ‘D' on a flax wheel. Condition: excellent.
ProvenanceGiven to donor in 1940 by Margaret C. Whiting (1869-1946), co-founder of the Deerfield soiciety of Blue and White Needleworkers.