Crochet lace sampler
1922
Medium
cotton, silk, cardboard, paper, pen and ink
Measurements
20.0 × 25.0 cm (board)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 1922
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
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