Doily Item Number: 726/10 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Doily made of buckinghamshire lace with an octagonal centre of linen fabric and openwork at the edges.

Specific Techniques

Twisted, plaited free threads.

Cultural Context

The donor said that Buckinghamshire lace has plaits -- little tightly woven strips worked off the pillow, without pins.

Narrative

Bedfordshire-Buckinghamshire Point Ground and Maltese Pillow Lace-Making Collection.