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Diamond and Chevron Crochet Collar
Crochet lace collar with dramatic diamond and chevron motifs.
Suzann Thompson, Center for Knit and Crochet: Compare to trim around the Starburst Crochet Doily, 2023.MCV.06.001.
Doily with Pineapple Motif Crochet Border
A crocheted doily measuring approximately 7 inches in diameter. The doily has a solid linen center with a crocheted border. The border features a pineapple motif with scalloped edges.
Family Black Eyed Susan Doilies
My grandmother Charles Etta Dunlap Thompson (1898-1958) enjoyed crochet, quilting, tatting, and embroidery. Her son and my dad Alan, the youngest of her seven children, marveled at how Charles Etta worked so hard all day and still found energy to do…
Filet and Irish Crochet Collar
An off-white crochet collar created using a combination of lace techniques, including filet and Irish crochet.
Filet Crochet Decorative Corner
A crocheted lace corner, possibly intended as a tea towel corner insert. The piece features filet crochet in a geometric flower pattern, and has a border made up of a series of stacked squares forming repeated triangular peaks. There appears to be…
Floral Embroidered Lace Handkerchief with Crocheted Border
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.
Floral Irish Crochet Collar
An elaborate floral lace collar created using Irish Crochet techniques to depict flowers and vines. Some light discoloration on the raised flowers.
Floral Table Doily with Pink Crocheted Border
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.
Flower Basket Embroidered Doily with Crocheted Edge
A rectangular doily featuring embroidery in black, blue, and gold on a white background. The embroidery includes a circular rope joining two baskets of blue and gold flowers. The border of the doily appears to be a crocheted scalloped lace edge that…
Flowery Crocheted Pincushion
This sweet hat-shaped pincushion was crocheted with white cotton yarn that seemed similar in size to sport or DK weight yarn. The decorative flowers were crocheted with No. 10 crochet cotton in two different variegated colorways. Lengths of blue 1/2…
Gold Geometric Crocheted Granny Square Sample
A crochet sample of a granny square featuring a geometric motif. The square is made in a gold colored yarn, and features open lace surrounding a four pointed filet crochet star. This piece is included in 2023.MCV.06.025 as part of the sample set.
Golden Lace Granny Square
A 7 inch x 7 inch granny square crocheted with gold colored yarn, and featuring a very open design with extensive lace details throughout.
Granny Square Christmas Stockings
These Christmas stockings were crocheted by my mother, Marcelle Huset, and have hung in the dining room windows of our home for many holiday seasons.
Granny Square Crochet Fragment with Lace "X"
A crochet granny square. The corner of each round has lace details, creating a lace “X” across the square. This piece is included in 2023.MCV.06.025 as part of the sample set.
Great Aunt Ruth’s Miser’s Purse
Given to me in 1987 by my Great Aunt Ruth, she shared that the little purse was used to carry her pennies to church on Sundays for the offering. At a Crochet Guild of America conference in 1994, Dana Benjamin taught a class on these purses. When I…
Guest Towel with Crochet Applique
Charles Etta Dunlap Thompson (1898-1958) lived in Texas most of her life. During the Great Depression, her husband C. T. Thompson left their home near Proctor, to look for work in West Texas. She followed him later, with the youngest four or five of…
Hand Embroidered Handkerchief with Blue Crocheted Edge
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.
Hand Embroidered Handkerchief with White Crocheted Edge
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…
Hand Embroidered Placemat with Crocheted Border in Red
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…
Hand Embroidered Placemat with Flower Baskets and Pink Crocheted Border
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…
Hand Embroidered Placemats with Crocheted Lace Border and Matching Napkin
A hand embroidered placemat with a matching napkin. The placemat measures approximately 18 inches x 9 inches, while the napkin measures 10 inches x 5 inches. Both pieces feature embroidered purple irises, and an orange embroidered rectangular outline…
Handkerchief with Blue Crocheted Edge
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…
Handkerchief with Green Crocheted Lace Edge
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.