C-2 batiste collar $18
Antique textiles have always fascinated me. The homeliest, most primitive hand embroidered dish towel, f primitive, utility quilts as well as museum quality bed covering, and elaborately smocked and embroidered christening gowns all call me, to examine, to finger, to speculate as to their origins.
For sale from my collection are two vintage collars featuring exquisite Irish crochet.
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C-1 Irish crochet ladies collar $20
Quantities are limited.~~~~~~~~~~~
This Irish crochet collar is simply breathtaking. The intricacy and detail of the pattern required a needleworker with a tremendous amount of skill and time. The design is interesting in that the inner semi-circle has pointed corner, like a shirt collar. It must have been intended to pin at the neck with a brooch while the longer piece went opened up in the traditional manner. On a black dress or sweater if would be dramatically beautiful.
C-1 Irish crochet ladies collar $20
Several of the blouses and dresses created by designer Judith Dobson (Belles and Beaus patterns and Sew Beautiful magazine) featured a stand -up lace collar similar to a choker.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
C-2 batiste collar $18
The second collar is 32″ long and straight, with a slightly frayed bias binding. The foundation fabric is fine cotton batiste with very finely executed drawn thread work and surface embroidery, edged with Irish crochet in the shamrocks and roses. pattern.
Like the collar above, this would be spectacular against a dark color. $18
