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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Crochet "Antimacassar" (Upholstery Protector)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Crochet upholstery protector, decorative, measures 11.5 inches x 15 inches. Likely once part of a set made for a sofa or chair. A companion piece to 2023.MCV.06.016]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Center for Knit and Crochet Notes: Jennifer Lindsay: During the 19th Century washable and decorative textile sets became a fashionable way to protect the arms and backs of upholstered furniture from dirt and wear, including the stains caused by a popular men&#039;s hair styling product known as &quot;Macassar oil.&quot; These textile sets, called &quot;antimacassars,&quot; and later &quot;chair sets&quot; or &quot;sofa sets,&quot; preserved the furniture and also demonstrated a homemaker&#039;s taste and skill.  Home craft and needlework magazines featured patterns for these sets in all types of needlework techniques, including crochet, tatting, and embroidery, well into the 1960s. Suzann Thompson: Comprised of four-cornered motifs that were crocheted individually and then joined at the corners as the crocheter finished the final round of each motif.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Unknown]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Unknown]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Maria C. Vallejo]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Antimacassar]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[2023.MCV.06.015]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:rightsHolder><![CDATA[George A. Leinonen]]></dcterms:rightsHolder>
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