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I have listed a few pictures of the doilies and table runners that I have questions on.
First on the first table runner what type of flower would you call this??? It is red but the leaves or design around it are in blue and not in green like I would do (if I did this type of stuff ) I have two with the red flower and one with orange...
And what the heck is the second item???? I put a glass inside of it to take the picture and it actually looks better with the glass in it.
The next one I think it is one of those arm chair thingys that the ladies use to make to put on the chairs to keep them clean or decoration. Have pairs of quite a few of these.
Had to throw the turtle in. It was in the bottom of the box when I got it. I got this stuff for $5.00 at an auction last week. The lady is now in the manor.
All of this she made years ago.
edited to add.... that I forgot the picture I was asking about, the one with the red flower. It is listed in one of the other threads I posted. (posted 3 threads)
Sorry about that...my head isn't working tonight I guess.
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Here are some more of the same stuff.
I think the first one here is the same as one abouve but at different angle and without the glass inside. No idea what it is.
I have lots of colors and usually more than one of each. should I sell in pairs. Some like the one with the purple ruffle seem to go for from 30 to $60.each
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Here I am asking about the red flower and I forget to post the picture
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Diann,
I guess by now you've figured out that I don't know much about any of the stuff you posted.
It was good thinking for you to put the glass inside that one piece. I guess it could make a 'vase'? Or maybe some sort of lampshade?
I guess the orange flowers could be poppies. (But of course the leaves aren't at all poppy-like.)
Some of those doilies really are made with fine threads, aren't they? They look as though they are in pretty good shape also, although it's hard to see from a distance.
What are you planning to do with them?
Elaine
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Looks like you stumbled on my Aunt Catherine's basement!

BTW, I think that is a frog, not a turtle.
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I think the one you put the glass in is supposed to be a "vase cover" thingy.
My grandmother used to have some of those and that's what she used them for. ..to basically "hide" the glass part of her flower vases.
I want the doilies with the purple borders. They're so pretty.
Sorry not much help otherwise.
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I'm going to list them after I clean them. They have a smell to them for being packed away.
Yes, I know it is a frog...don't know why I put turtle.
They are all in good condition and none have stains, some of the colors are wild.
There are some that are sooooo pink, I can't imagne them going in someones home to be used. Bright yellow too.
The ones with the purple and flowers are really pretty.
Oh well, break over, time to get back to the link and find the pattern names.
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Are you able to find pattern names?
I thought we had a discussion here several months ago and decided that in general there aren't known pattern names like in quilting. Or at least there doesn't seem to be a compilation of them anywhere.
You can identify the weight of the thread used, the color(s), the stitch types, the size of the piece, and what it's probable use was as an antimacassar, dresser scarf, side table doily, tablecloth or whatever. But I doubt if buyers look for items by pattern name. (I hope someone can prove me wrong. I haven't personally researched this anywhere.)
Elaine
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Top pics in order:
You did exactly the right thing with the glass--that was made to cover a jar when there wasn't a pretty vase. They were usually stiffened with sugar water or starch to make the "ruff" stand up.
Table runner if over 24 inches, dresser scarf if not. And I would tend more toward dresser scarf because of the colors. That's a hand-crocheted edging there also.
The arm covers--they were generally made in 3 matching pieced sets--an antimacassar ("against the oil") for the chair back and 2 arm protectors. Sometimes kept in place by means of small pins with clear heads and a corkscrew type shaft. My granny had two sets for her chairs-one for everyday and one for special days. Special days had colored thread in it and was of a finer thread than everyday. Can you tell if this is hand done or machine-made? The top of it is very different. I've never seen anything in squares like this.
The interlocking blue-edge circles: They appear to be of thicker thread and my GUESS on those would be a hot pad/trivet.
And the frog--well he's a frog.
Moving on to the next.
~~arkay
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Second set of pictures:
First one already done.
Second picture--I wish I could touch and smell these! According to how old these are--purple wasn't used a lot in the 20's and 30's. Is that green or black with them? If black, these were put out in a house of mourning. If green, these were mainly used around Easter. The color is beautiful and kept well if old!
The one in the center is a pansy border. HARD to make! And my eyes are bad so I can't really see the other two, but it appears to be a chrysanthemum center and border top left, and a chrystanthemum center and rose border on the top right.
The other three pics, believe it or not, are just the "run-of-the-mill" type doilies. For back then, now they are beautiful pieces of handwork since so few people do them. Doilie patterns weren't always written down. Sometimes just passed by word of mouth or by giving a doilie to someone. Those women could just look at one and copy it!!
Thus said--in pic 4, lower right corner does look like what my aunt always called "Peacock's Tail". And I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE tosee a better picture of the top right in the same pic.
Boring you yet?
~~arkay