Silk damask and lace doily with clover motif

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A silk damask and lace doily with a clover motif. There’s a central circular panel of white silk damask with a pattern of clovers woven into the fabric. The pattern consists of one central clover surrounded by a circle of ten smaller clovers. Worked along the edge of the central panel is 3.5” long crochet lace trim that resembles flower petals. It’s made from a combination of single crochet stitches and chain stitches.

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