Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
2005.035 |
Object Identification Number |
2005.035.007 |
Object Name |
Doily |
Donor |
Carlson, Randolph and Esther |
Description |
White oval shaped doily with knipling lace (also known as bobbin lace or tønder lace) edges. The oval is more pointed at the narrower ends. Around the inside edges are leaf and flower designs stitched in white thread. The large flowers are done in hedebo embroidery (cutwork filled in with delicate stitches) and are located at each narrow end. |
Dimensions |
W-13.75 L-26.25 inches |
Made By |
Andersen, Anna Sophie or Thora Andersen Jensen |
Place Of Origin |
Denmark? |
Owned By |
Carlson, Esther |
Used By |
Carlson, Esther |
Material |
cotton/embroidery thread |
Associated People |
Carlson, Randolph Carlson, Esther Larsen, Thora Andersen Andersen, Anna Sophie |
Search Terms |
Carlson, Randolph Carlson, Esther Larsen, Thora Andersen Andersen, Anna Sophie doily table scarf hedebo embroidery needlework knipling bobbin lace tønder lace leaf flower |
Given In Memory Of |
In Memory of Jens W. and Thora C. Jensen |
Provenance |
This table scarf was probably made by donor Esther Carlson's aunt, Anna Sophie Andersen. It appears that some needlework pieces were given to the donor as gifts during the donor's visits to Denmark, while other pieces were left to the donor in her aunt Anna's will. However, it may also have been made by the donor's mother, Thora Andersen Jensen. Anna Sophie Andersen (Esther's aunt) and Thora Andersen Jensen (Esther's mother) were from Fyn and had studied embroidery and lacemaking in Denmark. Anna Sophie Andersen remained in Denmark and never married, but took care of her parents until their death. She is remembered as a petite, lively woman who was well liked. She worked in a meat laboratory. Anna traveled to the U.S for the first time at the age of 70, in the early 1960s, and then returned three more times. She had taught herself English by the time of her second visit. Thora knew Esther's father Jens Jensen as a child. He later immigrated and then "re-met" Thora while back in Denmark. The two settled in Dover, Minnesota around 1921. The museum's collection also contains a folk costume (2005.035.005a-e) that Thora and Anna created together. |
Images |
074\2005035007.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
07/11/2005 |
Collection |
Domestic Life / General |