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Measurements

81cm x 83cm

Place of Origin

South Australia

Historical Period/Date

20th Century (1930-1969 Mid)

Registration Number

2011-006

Donated/Purchased

Donated

Techniques

Drawn Thread Work,Feather Stitch,French Knot,Satin Stitch,

Objects

Household Textiles,Tablecloths,

Physical Description

Supper cloth of fine cream linen. A square cloth with an edge of wide scallops stitched with a line of buttonhole eyelets with needlelace bars and picots. Embroidery in three shades of beige. A large central square worked in drawn thread work, surrounded by a design of stylised flowers within a square border. Stitches - padded buttonhole stitch for narrow and wide outlines, padded satin stitch for the dots, feather stitch for the central veins, massed French knots for the solid flower centres.