Browse Items (346 total)

  • Collection: Maria C. Vallejo Lace Collection

A hand embroidered placemat with a matching napkin. The placemat is an asymmetrical shape, narrowing at the bottom edge. Both pieces feature grape leaves embroidered in a gold-colored thread. The placemat also features embroidered grapes with lace…

A hand embroidered placemat featuring a variety of different embroidery motifs including norwegian stars and what appear to be Cupid’s arrows. The embroidery is all done in pink and red thread in a variety of shades. The border is crocheted in white…

A hand embroidered placemat made out of brown fabric. The placemat is embroidered with blue, pink, brown, green, and black thread to depict two flower baskets, one on each of the shorter sides of the rectangle. The border is crocheted, and features a…

A hand embroidered placemat made out of white fabric, featuring embroidery in white thread. The placemat features a unique geometric design, with lace floral cutouts interrupting the rectangular shape of the piece in the bottom left corner.…

A placemat made out of an off-white linen fabric and featuring cross-stitched buildings depicting Asian architectural styles. The placemat has severe stains in the center of it, and some loose threads on the edges. The edges have been finished with a…

A placemat with floral lace cutout corners, and decorative gold embroidery that suggests an oval, instead of rectangular, shape to the piece. This placemat matches item #MCV.09.034. 

A placemat measuring approximately 17 inches wide. There is decorative embroidery around the border of the placemat in a repeating branch and leaf motif. There are small pulled thread embroidery lace spaces between each branch. 

Object Description: A placemat decorated with white on white embroidery depicting four houses, one in each corner. The houses are decorated with basic floral motifs and feature a human figure in the doorway, two girls and two boys. The border of the…

A square handkerchief measuring approximately 11 inches x 11 inches. The handkerchief features white on white embroidery in an elaborate floral pattern, as well as a very delicate geometric lace pattern interspersed within the embroidered flowers. It…

A solid linen handkerchief measuring approximately 11 inches x 11 inches. The handkerchief has a solid linen center, with an elaborate lace border. The border appears to be embroidered lace, though may be a type of bobbin lace instead. It features a…

A solid linen handkerchief measuring approximately 11.25 inches x 11.25 inches. The handkerchief has a solid linen center, with an elaborate lace border. The border appears to be created using a bobbin lace technique, and features an elaborate floral…

A white placemat with embroidered scalloped lace edges. The body of the placemat is embroidered with white thread, and depicts ten small flower bouquets tied together with ribbons. There are also four bows of ribbon without any flowers embroidered on…

A solid linen handkerchief measuring approximately 11 inches square. The handkerchief has a solid linen center, with an embroidered floral lace motif in each corner. The border appears to be crocheted following a simple scalloped pattern. 

A placemat measuring approximately 18 inches wide. The placemat has been cross-stitched with blue, pink, yellow, green, and brown thread and depicts an elaborate floral motif framing the center of the mat. There is a layer of lace inserted within the…

A solid linen handkerchief measuring approximately 11 inches square. There is a bobbin-lace border attached to the body of the handkerchief, featuring a scalloped floral design. There is some light discoloration on the border in several places. 

A linen handkerchief measuring approximately 11 inches square. The handkerchief features embroidered lace in a diamond and floral motif. The name “Christensen” is written in the upper right-hand corner in marker, possibly the name of the creator, or…

A placemat measuring approximately 18 inches wide. The Center of the placemat features the monogram “Mrs” in purple embroidery thread. The monogram is surrounded by the embroidered outlines of six pink flowers with green leaves. The top and bottom…

A linen handkerchief measuring approximately 11.5 inches square. There is an embroidered lace square approximately 2 inches in from the edge of the piece, and outside that square there are additional embroidered flowers. The edge is scalloped and…

A round tray doily measuring approximately 13 inches in diameter. The doily features delicate floral embroidery, with flowers made up of primarily french knots and running stitches in blue, yellow, pink, and two shades of green. The border is…

A linen handkerchief measuring approximately 11 inches square. The handkerchief is solid with four embroidered lace squares, one in each corner. The lace depicts three graduated layers of a square, and a fourth border along two sides of each square.…

A round tray doily measuring approximately 11.75 inches in diameter. The doily features an embroidered “B” in ombre blue thread. The border is a crocheted scallop in white with a picot finish in blue. This doily matches item #MCV.09.045.

A linen handkerchief measuring approximately 12 inches square. The bottom-right corner of the handkerchief has been lightly embroidered in white, pink, red, green, blue, yellow, and brown thread to create a small corner of lace with embroidered…

A round tray doily measuring approximately 11 inches in diameter. The doily has a floral wreath embroidered on it, in pink, coral, red, and green thread. The border is crocheted in pink. 

A round tray doily measuring approximately 11.75 inches in diameter. The doily features an embroidered “B” in ombre blue thread. The border is a crocheted scallop in white with a picot finish in blue. This doily matches item #MCV.09.043.

A linen handkerchief measuring approximately 12 inches square. The bottom-left corner of the handkerchief features a delicate embroidery of a small white flower and leaves with a navy blue stem and detailing. 
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