UCONN HISTORICAL COSTUME & TEXTILE COLLECTION




1880

Crocheted doily


White crocheted doily or antimacassar of cotton string (?); shell stitch along both sides with 3.5”at both ends; cotton, 24 x 12"; very good condition;




Provenance:
Keyes, Wilma of 18 Edgewood Road Mansfield, CT 06268; Made by Melissa Keyes between 1880 and 1890

Construction Label:
crochet



1957T 1880.1323