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Crochet lace sampler

Crochet lace sampler
 1922

Medium
cotton, silk, cardboard, paper, pen and ink
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 1922
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
cotton, silk, cardboard, paper, pen and ink
Measurements
20.0 × 25.0 cm (board)
Place/s of Execution
Australia
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink u.l.cnr: An / Australian / Development of / Crochet Lace / which saves the Sight) / Designed worked / by / Mrs Edwin Field / Aug. 1922.
inscribed in pen and ink u.l.cnr: This mode saves / the eyes as the / needle is / never put into the stitches / but always into the / spaces if the work.These laces are / worked in No 300 / Lace Thread. (never and always underlined)
Accession Number
2396A-D3
Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 1922
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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