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- Collection: Maria C. Vallejo Lace Collection
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Colorful Floral Embroidered Lace Handkerchief
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…
Colorful Floral Embroidered Lace Handkerchief
A linen handkerchief measuring an estimated 11 inches square. The handkerchief features embroidered flowers around the outside edge in bright colors. The main flowers are cross-stitched, with embroidered stems and leaves. The border is a scalloped…
Colorful Floral Embroidered Lace Handkerchief
A linen handkerchief measuring an estimated 11 inches square. The handkerchief features embroidered flowers around the outside edge in bright colors. The main flowers are cross-stitched, with embroidered stems and leaves. The border is a scalloped…
Coronation Cord Lace Collar
A crocheted lace collar created using coronation cord and a scalloped picot edging.
Cotton Doily with Simple Lace Border
A solid cotton doily featuring a simple embroidered lace border and scalloped edges. The doily measures approximately 10 inches in diameter.
Crochet "Antimacassar" (Upholstery Protector)
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
Crochet Alphabet with Six Letters Missing (FILOPY)
Alphabet (sampler) in filet crochet, measuring 8.5 inches by 6.5 inches, with five letters missing. The missing letters are F, I, L, O, P, and Y.
Crochet Cardigan
Object Description: A crocheted lace cardigan featuring a number of different floral and fan motifs, as well as open mesh sleeves.
Original Image designation: MCV.01.0001a; MCV.01.0001b
Crochet Cardigan with Rosettes
Object Description: A crocheted lace cardigan featuring rosettes and thread-covered buttons.
Original Image designation: MCV.01.0001a; MCV.01.0001b-2
Crochet Gloves for Special Occasions
Elegant crochet gloves with decorative star motifs and mesh pattern on palms and thumbs. Suzann Thompson, Center for Knit and Crochet: Star motifs probably made separately and joined to adjacent motifs as the crocheter finished the final round of…
Crochet Lace Collar Intended for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Crochet lace collar of graduated scallops formed with different stitch patterns. Maria C. Vallejo purchased this collar as a gift for United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, March 15, 1933 - September 18, 2020. Justice Ginsburg…
Crochet Motif with Geometric Interplay
A 8.5 inch by 8.5 inch crochet square made up of light brown acrylic thread. Square crochet motif has center comprised of nine rings surrounded by a wide border or filet crochet, popcorn stitches, and plain crochet.
Crochet Pillow Cover
A companion piece to 2023.MCV.06.015. Crochet upholstery protector, decorative, measures 14 inches x 14 inches. Likely once part of a set made for a sofa or chair.
Center for Knit and Crochet Notes:
Suzann Thompson: Comprised of four-cornered motifs…
Crochet Pineapple Pattern Doily
Diamond Shaped pineapple-leaf pattern crochet doily, measuring 9 inches x 15.5 inches.
Crochet Pinwheel Pattern Doily with Rosettes
A white cotton doily measuring approximately 7.5 inches in diameter. The doily features a spiral center with rosettes on the border, resembling Irish Crochet.
Suzann Thompson, Center for Knit and Crochet: This doily is very similar to one entitled…
Crochet Star and Scallops Doily
A doily crocheted in white cotton thread measuring approximately 9 inches in diameter. The doily features a six pointed star in the center and scalloped edges.
Crochet Stitch Sample Swatch
A small swatch of different crochet stitches based on a pattern from the magazine Vanidades. The swatch measures approximately 4 inches by 7 inches and includes small puff stitches as well as scallops.
Crochet Tea Towel Corner Insert
A V-shaped piece, measuring 10.5 inches x 3 inches, made to be used as a corner in a tea towel. The corner is made using a filet crochet technique, mixing open and closed mesh to create the silhouette of grape leaves, vines, and grapes as decoration.…
Crochet Tray Doily
A doily for use on a tea tray, measuring 19.5 inches x 5.7 inches, and made up of 9 crocheted circles in a modified starburst motif.
Crochet Tray Doily with Diamond Motif
A lace doily made up of 54 crocheted squares joined together at the corners to create a large rectangular piece, likely intended as a tray doily. Each square has scalloped edges, and the negative space between each square creates a checkered effect.
Crocheted Bedspread
A large crocheted bedspread. The piece is made up of 100 crocheted squares that have been joined together. Each square features a four pointed star in an “x” orientation with an open-lace backing.
Crocheted Bedspread with Norwegian Star Motif
A white crocheted lace bedspread featuring a nordic star motif. The blanket is constructed from 42 individual squares joined together and finished with a scalloped border.
Crocheted Circle with Scalloped Corners
A crocheted circle made in an off-white yarn with metallic sparkles in it. The piece features scallops in four evenly placed spots around the circle, giving it the illusion of having corners. This piece is included in 2023.MCV.06.024 as part of a…
Crocheted Doily with Floral Center and Pineapple Border
A crocheted doily measuring approximately 7 inches in diameter. The center of the doily depicts a flower surrounded by eight leaves. The border around the doily is made up of eight pineapples in a scalloped pattern.
Crocheted Dots Gloves
Elegant crochet gloves with decorative circle motifs on the top, and an open mesh pattern on palms and thumbs.