Browse Items (346 total)

  • Collection: Maria C. Vallejo Lace Collection

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. 

A square decorative doily measuring approximately 14 inches Square. The doily has four large flowers embroidered in multiple shades of red and pink, creating an ombre effect on the petals. Similarly, the stems and leaves are embroidered in multiple…

A linen handkerchief measuring approximately 10.5 inches square. The bottom-left corner of the handkerchief features a embroidered lace creating the shape of two rectangles, one vertical and one horizontal. The squares have been colored two different…

A linen handkerchief measuring approximately 10.5 inches square. The handkerchief is solid fabric, with two layers of embroidered lace eyelets along the border edge. 

A tea towel embroidered in blue, yellow, pink, purple, orange, and brown thread. The embroidery depicts two baskets of flowers, one at the top and one at the bottom of the towel. The towel features a crocheted lace border made up of a series of…

A linen handkerchief measuring an estimated 4 inches square. The handkerchief is folded into a triangular shape to draw attention to the elaborate floral embroidery done in light blue thread. 

A linen handkerchief measuring an estimated 11.75 inches square. The handkerchief is lightly embroidered to create a plaid effect in lace, and has a blue crocheted scalloped border. 

A linen handkerchief measuring an estimated 11.75 inches square. The handkerchief is solid fabric, but has a green crocheted border. The thread used to crochet the border has an ombre dye effect, with variegated shades of green throughout. 

A tea towel featuring hand embroidered flowers in baskets in two places. The flowers and baskets are embroidered in blue, pink, yellow, and green threads. The border is crocheted lace in an off-white color, and is made up of a scalloped motif…

A linen handkerchief measuring an estimated 10.75 inches square. The handkerchief is solid fabric, but has a variegated red crochet border. The crochet border features a repeated triple picot stitch. 

A tea towel measuring approximately 18 inches wide. The towel has been embroidered along the bottom edge. The embroidery depicts two diamonds in a golden-orange thread and a purple basket filled with flowers and vines. There is staining on the body…

A linen handkerchief measuring approximately 11.5 inches square. The handkerchief has a small floral pattern embroidered in white thread in the bottom left corner, and has a crochet edge. The crochet is in an open lace pattern with picot edges. There…

A linen handkerchief measuring approximately 12.25 inches square. The handkerchief is solid fabric, but has a crochet border done in white thread. The crochet pattern is an open lace scalloped border. 

A linen handkerchief measuring approximately 13.5 inches square. The handkerchief is solid fabric, but has a crochet border done in blue thread. The crochet pattern is a simple lace scallop border. There is a small black smudge in the bottom left…

A tea towel measuring approximately 16.5 inches wide. The towel is a solid white fabric with solid blue fabric sewn onto either end. There is a small floral embroidery on the bottom of the towel.

A set of six linen handkerchiefs, each with a crocheted edge. Five of the six handkerchiefs are also photographed individually (MCV.11.14-16, 18-19), the sixth one features a peach-colored ribbon behind a crocheted scalloped picot edge border. 

A handkerchief measuring approximately 11.25 inches square. The handkerchief includes floral embroidery done in yellow, blue, and black thread in the bottom left corner. The border is a light blue thread tatted to create a scalloped lace edge. 

A tea towel measuring approximately 15 inches wide. The towel is a solid white fabric with a cross-stitched decorative edge along the top and bottom. There is a floral pattern cross-stitched along the bottom of the towel in blue, purple, green, and…

A handkerchief measuring approximately 10.5 inches square. The handkerchief includes floral embroidery done in white thread in the bottom left corner. The border is a pink thread tatted to create a scalloped lace edge. 
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