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A work made of cotton and linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen in padded overcast stitches; edged with cotton, plain weave; cut work embroidered with cotton in herringbone; trammed overcast and open buttonhole filling stitches; buttonhole bars decorated with buttonhole picots and darned wheels.

Handkerchief

1875/1900

Ireland, Carrickmacross

Carrickmacross

Cotton and linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen in padded overcast stitches; edged with cotton, plain weave; cut work embroidered with cotton in herringbone; trammed overcast and open buttonhole filling stitches; buttonhole bars decorated with buttonhole picots and darned wheels

Textiles