Decorative / Haberdashery (DH1 to DH13)

DH2
2.5” x approx 36” Prestamped band with floral motifs

DH3

1. 18” cotton lace 1”-1.5” wide
2. 14” cotton lace 0.5” wide
3. Pointed lace on card, 2-3 yards. Provenance McMurray’s, Kilmarnock, via Mrs Macpherson, head of haberdashery (box among property of her mother)
4. 27” Indian-style edging shadow work with pulled thread insertions

1. 6”wide x 2 yards, circular, cafe au lait machine carded lace
2. Embroidered net edge, 2 pieces 8/9” x 24”
3. 2” x 18”ecru, fine cotton net/lace
4. Bodice front, fragment, ribbon work on net and machine embroidered net

1. Two legs, 5” knicker bottoms, 8” diameter, point edge
2. One leg, 2” knicker bottoms, sprig and eyelet, scalloped edge
3. Length edging, 1.5” x 36”, sprig and eyelet
4. Length 30” edging, melon seed broderie anglaise
5. Cuff, fragment, broderie anglaise
6. Sleeve, melon seed insert, broderie anglaise
7. Bodice, perhaps belongs with vi above, melon seed bands either side to horizontal pin-tucked panel
8. Collar/jabot (possibly man’s) eyelet band, melon seed, buttonhole, scalloped edge

1. 15” x 20”hand made, large holes, cruder weight of thread, 1890/1900s
2. Eight rows eyelet band edging on the piece, for cutting into frills, 18” x 36”
3. 6” x 36” cotton band, close daisy-type eyelets and scallops
4. 8” joined, hand made, cut off petticoat, melon seed, deep scallops, ca 1900. via Oxfam.
5. 36” x 5 rows half-inch eyelet band, crudely hand made, for cut tape/edging
6. Boat-shaped neck with V yoke top centre, melon seed pattern, and sleeve edging embroidered

1. Fine linen cut work, half bodice/blouse front, leaf and grape design in bands, pulled work edging
2. Fine lawn, 5 corner designs, 8” each, for insertion, machine made
3. Hand-embroidered bands for insertions on fine linen tightly woven, flowers and sprigs with small eyelets awaiting fillings, also small motifs, ca 1880s
4. 12” x 24” (tracers’ linen possibly), traced twice, worked once, one stamping tape tacked down, some crude needlelace filling, for Brussels tape lace (?)
5. Hand-made cotton organza blouse front, rowan berry design, padded, scalloped edging, two sided, part unfinished

1. Melon seed circles and run stamps, P Wright, 12 Wellington Street, Glasgow. cf Ayrshire Needlework, p 31, Fig12
2. Yardage from above, 3” wide hand embroidered on heavy cotton, ca 1900.. Provenance Ayrshire lady, manageress of Kilmarnock hosiery shop. Photo below; and see Ayrshire Needlework, as above.

DH9
Large underskirt/petticoat in two parts. Long, pintucked in bands; 8” gathered edging to dense and fine machine embroidery, floral and leaf motifs with wheels, elementary fillings. Some rubbing.

DH10
Blue card machine lace sample, one crocheted roundel motif, 3-D

DH11
Ayrshire needlelace examples, five pieces; unfinished cuff still on ground fabric with incomplete central flower motif, varied filling stitches in lower right.

DH12
Tape on net, V shaped couched cord design and some darning, similar to Carrickmacross

DH13

1. Crocheted lace on blue velvet 1976, circular 5”, worked by grandmother and/or great-aunt of Mrs Barr (b 1901), of Fenwick
2. Two crocheted potholders, dishcloth cotton
3. Possibly baby’s bib, crochet, Mrs Barr’s aunt