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Bobbin lace doily with tipi motif

1961

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Titles: Bobbin lace doily with tipi motif (Supplied title)

Description: A tape lace linen doily; square with tape work in tipi motif at center, joined by braids decorated with picots, possibly Ojibwe or Dakota, circa the late 19th to early 20th century. The doily includes woven spider fillings and tape lace border. Collected by Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple.

Dates

  • Not earlier than 1890 - Approximately 1926 (Sybil Carter began developing the Episcopal Church lace manufacturing work with American Indians in Minnesota in 1890. The lace program continued well after Carter’s death in 1908 and eventually dissolved in 1926.) (Creation)

Creation

Identifiers

  • Accession Number: 1961

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

  • Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

  • 5 1/2 inches height
  • 5 1/2 inches width

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1961

Collections items are not for sale.
A reproduction can be purchased.