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A work made of cotton, machine-made net; appliquéd with plain weave; cut and drawn work filled with buttonhole bars decorated with buttonhole picots and darned points; embroidered in cross, darning, and overcast stitches; decorated with buttonhole wheels.

Fichu with Frilled Outer Edge

1850/75

Ireland, Carrickmacross

Carrickmacross

Cotton, machine-made net; appliquéd with plain weave; cut and drawn work filled with buttonhole bars decorated with buttonhole picots and darned points; embroidered in cross, darning, and overcast stitches; decorated with buttonhole wheels

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