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Bird Bobbin Lace Doily

A square doily with a solid cotton center and an elaborate bobbin-lace border. The square measures approximately 17.5 inches by 17.5 inches. The lace design features a repeating bird motif, with 8 birds and 12 smaller decorative flowers. 

Butterflies Bobbin Lace Doily

Butterflies Bobbin Lace Doily

An open-lace doily measuring approximately 15.5 inches in diameter. The center of the doily is a flower, with eight butterflies making up the next round. The outer edge is made up of a 20-point fan motif. The doily may be part of a matched set with…

Anna Wirth (b. 1936) grew up in the village of Sorg in the Franconian Forest of Northern Bavaria, Germany. Some families in the village were weavers by trade, and the entire family would be involved in setting up the loom for a new project. When…

Elizabeth Ann White launched her career as a crochet designer in the late 1980s. She brought a large bag of original designs to the East Texas pattern publishing company, Annie’s Attic. The editors there accepted her designs for publication and asked…

An oblong doily featuring white embroidery on white cotton. The doily features a scalloped cloud shape in the center, made up of embroidered french knots, and small floral motifs on each end.. The doily measures approximately 11.25 inches long. 

A solid cotton doily featuring a simple clover leaf pattern embroidered in white thread on white cloth. The doily measures approximately 10 inches in diameter, and has a scalloped edge.

A solid cotton doily featuring a simple embroidered lace border and scalloped edges. The doily measures approximately 10 inches in diameter. 

Diamond Shaped pineapple-leaf pattern crochet doily, measuring 9 inches x 15.5 inches. 

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…

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. 

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. 

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. 

In the 1980s, a friend loaned me her copy of The American Beauty, No. 17, a crochet pattern book published by Novelty Art Studios, Chicago, IL, in 1919. I photocopied the pattern for the stunning “American Beauty” Cluny lace-inspired centerpiece trim…

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.

A doily measuring approximately 7 inches in diameter. The doily features a solid linen center, with a crocheted lace border made up of a combination of coronation cord hand crocheted lace in a scalloped design. 

These two pineapple pattern doilies were likely to have been made by my great-grandmother, Alvina Billig in 1946 or after. The smaller one is slightly tan in color and measures 7 inches across. The larger doily is made in a thicker crochet thread and…

These two doilies made in a pinwheel design were likely made by my great-grandmother, Alvina Billig, and I'm guessing they date from the 1930s - 1940s.  The smaller one is mainly tan with a white border and measures 6.5 inchess across.  The larger…

A doily with trim crocheted in white cotton thread measuring approximately 9 inches in diameter. The center is solid linen fabric, while the crocheted edge features a delicate and viny picot stitch pattern. This doily matches items 2023.MCV.06.003…

Doily with Bobbin Lace Border
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