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Doily - Olsen, Olga
Oval all-white linen hedebo doily with scalloped edges and fluted, 1/2" wide edging. Cutwork circles and teardrop shapes, most of which are filled in with delicate stitiching. White satin stitch embroidery of branches and leaves.
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Doily - Olsen, Olga
Oval all-white linen hedebo doily with scalloped edges and fluted, 1/2" wide edging. Cutwork circles and teardrop shapes, most of which are filled in with delicate stitiching. White satin stitch embroidery of branches and leaves.
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Frontal - Farstrup, Ragnhild
Large white linen altar cloth used in religious ceremony. Three sides of the altar cloth are edged with crochet and hemstitching. The crochet is approximately 8.25 inches wide and fluted. Each point in the crochet has a centered cross. Altar cloth has a T-shape design; the crochet on the sides and bottom edges of the cloth are meant to drape over the sides and front of an altar.
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Frontal - Johnson, Norman
White linen altar cloth with white knipling lace, used for religious ceremonies. Knipling lace is 4.5 inches wide and borders three sides of the altar cloth. The lace features a repeating design of diamond shapes, and the bottom edge of the lace is scalloped.
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Frontal - Klein, Ellen M.
Large white linen altar cloth used in religious ceremony. Altar cloth has a T-shape design; both of the sides and bottom edges of the cloth are meant to drape over the sides and front of an altar. The sides and bottom edge (excluding the corners of the T) are decorated with cutwork embroidery and 1.5 inch-long fringe. Three cutwork crosses centered along the bottom of cloth. Each cross is 4 inches tall and 2.5 inches wide. There are two pairs ...
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Frontal - Klein, Ellen M.
Small white linen altar cloth used in religious ceremony. Altar cloth is reminiscent of an apron, it is rectangular in shape, with long ties along the top edge. The bottom edge is decorated with cutwork embroidery and 1.5 inch-long fringe. One large cutwork cross centered along the bottom of cloth. The cross is 6.5 inches tall and 4 inches wide. The ties are about 23.5 inches long. These ties may have been used to secure the cloth to the alta...
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Frontal - Nussle, Thyra R.
Long white linen altar cloth used to decorate the edge of an altar during religious ceremonies. Drawn work with hedebo embroidery filling in the different shapes. Long straight edge on top; the bottom edge has nine broad scallop shapes. The design in the scallop shapes alternate: five of the scallop shapes have a centered cross below two embroidered white palm fronds and four of the scallop shapes have a centered sunburst shape, reminiscent o...
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Hanging - Hansen, Rita Neergaard
Counted cross stitch needlework wall hanging featuring six stars and three angels. Needlework made from undyed linen. The upper part of the design has two rows of three orange stars within yellow circles. The star designs are linked vertically by small stitched yellow crosses. Three identical angels along bottom edge. Angels are wearing dull green dresses and have gold halos around their orange hair. Each angel is connected to the stars above...
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Pillowcase - Cullen, Elsa N.
Pillowcase. One in a set of four. It is identical to pillowcases 1993.005.039, 1993.005.042 and 1993.005.043. Pillowcase made from handwoven linen. Off-white in color and rectangular in shape. One end of the proper front surface is decorated with an insert of lace. The lace has a repeating pattern wherein four small diamond shapes combine to make one large diamond. The end result is a single row of large diamond shapes. All of the diamond shap...
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Pillowcase - Cullen, Elsa N.
Pillowcase. One in a set of four. It is identical to pillowcases 1993.005.040, 1993.005.042 and 1993.005.043. Pillowcase made from handwoven linen. Off-white in color and rectangular in shape. One end of the proper front surface is decorated with an insert of lace. The lace has a repeating pattern wherein four small diamond shapes combine to make one large diamond. The end result is a single row of large diamond shapes. All of the diamond shap...
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Pillowcase - Cullen, Elsa N.
Pillowcase. One in a set of four. It is identical to pillowcases 1993.005.039, 1993.005.040 and 1993.005.043. Pillowcase made from handwoven linen. Off-white in color and rectangular in shape. One end of the proper front surface is decorated with an insert of lace. The lace has a repeating pattern wherein four small diamond shapes combine to make one large diamond. The end result is a single row of large diamond shapes. All of the diamond shapes...
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Pillowcase - Cullen, Elsa N.
Pillowcase. One in a set of four. It is identical to pillowcases 1993.005.039, 1993.005.040 and 1993.005.042. Pillowcase made from handwoven linen. Off-white in color and rectangular in shape. One end of the proper front surface is decorated with an insert of lace. The lace has a repeating pattern wherein four small diamond shapes combine to make one large diamond. The end result is a single row of large diamond shapes. All of the diamond shapes...
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Runner, Table - Havick, Jeannette
A table runner. The rectangular table runner is made from white linen. There is a woven pattern throughout. The two short ends have white thread fringe.
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Sample, Needlework - Gjerstad, Lidde
Rectangular linen cloth with drawn work and embroidery on the bottom half. Cloth designed to be draped over a piece of furniture, with the embroidered half on display. The upper half of the cloth, which would not be on display, has two openings, probably either to anchor the cloth or to allow objects, such as electrical wires, to pass through the cloth. The embroidered half has two rectangles filled in with hedebo embroidery. Below the rectangl...
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Scarf, Bureau - Cummins, Elva Karen
A bureau scarf. The bureau scarf is made of white cotton or linen and is generally rectangular in shape. The edges have large-scale scallops. There is a white and pink crocheted edge. On both of the short ends, there is an embroidered woman in a pink "colonial" dress holding a fan. There are scattered daises as well.
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Scarf, Table - Kroman Family
A table scarf. The rectangular table scarf is made of woven, white linen. There is a woven pattern consisting of four horizontal lines at each short end. These lines contain a diamond pattern. There is no additional decoration or needlework.
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Sheet - Christensen, Marguerite B.
Sheet. Probably made from handwoven linen. Two long panels, each approximately 34.0 inches wide, have been sewn together down the proper center. Off-white in color and rectangular in shape. Hemstitching along the top edge, approximately 7.0 inches down from the top. Embroidery in the proper left upper corner: "NS / 12".
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Sheet - Cullen, Elsa N.
Sheet. One in a pair; its mate is 1993.005.046. Sheet is composed of two long panels of off-white handwoven linen, each approximately 26 inches wide, that have been sewn together. The proper right upper corner has the name "Bertine Jenfen" [Jensen] embroidered in red cross-stitch.
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Sheet - Cullen, Elsa N.
Sheet. One in a pair; its mate is 1993.005.047. Sheet is composed of two long panels of off-white handwoven linen, each approximately 26 inches wide, that have been sewn together. The proper left upper corner has the name "Bertine Jenfen" [Jensen] embroidered in red cross-stitch.
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