Patchwork quilt consisting of small hexagons, printed and woven cottons with red cotton border. Embroidered with feather stitch. Backed with cottonhandcrafts, needlework, manchester, bedding

Large white cotton centrepiece with deep white cotton lace edging. Inset with crochet lace.manchester, table linen, handcrafts, needlework

Round white cotton doyley with deep crocheted border.manchester, table linen, handcrafts, needlework

'made' by local Country Women's Association especially for the restored cottage.Large multi-coloured rag rug.domestic items, floor coverings, handcrafts, rug making

Originally framed by William Hayward, carver - gilder and picture frame manufacturer 54 Upper Richmond Road, Putney, EnglandFramed needlework sampler - five lines of alphabet and numbers worked in red cross stitch on a light brown material, followed by a verse, then a house, birds, boat, windmill, animals worked below. Cross stitch sampler. (See 'Other Information' for verse).Signed in cross stitch by the embroiderer, Sarah Moats, aged 10, 1836.handcrafts, embroidery

Embroidered picture of bunch of flowers, darned embroidery on fine linen.handcrafts, embroidery, needlework

Negotiated by Jean Field (former Secretary of Society) Cost $89.00Wooden spinning wheel on standhandcrafts, spinning

Canvas Needlework also known as Needle Point. Done on canvas with the same stitch throughout so as to resemble tapestry - another name for Point Lace,Tapestry of canvas needlework in shades of creams into brown. Picture of double story house and trees. Brown velvet border. Mounted on stiff cardboard. Backed with brown cotton. Woven in wool. Crown woven in gold thread.Stitched into tapestry - 'E.E.T.'' '1860'handcrafts, tapestry

Piece of lace consisting of 8 points. Fine mesh piece attached to back.handcrafts, lacemaking

Lace piece consisting of 8 points. Fine piece of mesh attached to piece.handcrafts, lacemaking

Piece of lace possibly taken from a dress. Two pieces in centre forming a pointhandcrafts, lacemaking

A sailor shaped collar with square neckline, is made of Tape lace, possibly Battenburg lace, hand needle worked for filling.handcrafts, lacemaking

Long cream cotton lace piece with 9 main patterns. Cut at both endshandcrafts, lacemaking

Long stole of fine tulle with four lines of embroidery running down length and heavier embroidery of machine made guipere lace at each end.handcrafts, lacemaking, costume, female

Cream cotton quilt made up in 56 sections each gathered to form centre flower shape. Fringing around edges. Lines in cottonhandcrafts, needlework, manchester, bedding

Made of white cotton with Mount Mellick embroidery. One corner has interlocking horseshoes with bows and ribbons. The opposite corner has a basket of flowers tied with bows and ribbons - all hand embroidered. Border of drawthread. Machined crochet edging hand sewn onto edge.handcrafts, needlework, manchester, bath linen

Tea pot would have been covered with a thick tea cosy and this cover placed over the top as decoration.White teapot cover- semi-circle in shape and doubled. Hand made tatting edging and drawthread. Cut out embroidery of flowers in a basket on one side and diamond cutout pattern on the other.handcrafts, needlework, manchester, table linen

Tea pot would have had a thick tea cosy and this piece over the top as decoration.White tea pot cover - semi-circle in shape. hand made tatting and drawthread edging. Three cut out embroidery patterns with leaves embroidered around them on one side and one example of the sam pattern enlarged on the other side.handcrafts, needlework, manchester, table linen

White cotton cloth - a semi-circle with 9 patterns of embroidered butterflies around edge. Butterfly wings are made of mesh- possibly machine made, but embroidered edging around wings is hand made. It is likely that piece is one side of the tea pot cover.handcrafts, needlework, manchester, table linen

White cotton supper cloth with white embroidered with a wide band of drawthread with needle embroidery at corners. Embroidery has raise pattern,handcrafts, needlework, manchester, table linen

Made of white cotton with Mount Mellick embroidery. One corner has interlocking horseshoes with bows and ribbons. The opposite corner has basket of flowers tied with bow and ribbons - all hand embroidered. Border of drawthread. Machined crochet edging hand sewn on the edge.handcrafts, needlework, manchester, bath linen

White cotton tea cover with pulled thread embroidered surrounded by button hole embroidery. Two semi-circle pieces joined together with blue ribbon.handcrafts, needlework, manchester, table linen

White supper cloth hand worked crochet pieces in each corner.handcrafts, needlework, manchester, table linen

White supper cloth with draw thread work at each corner. Drawn thread inner border in a different pattern.handcrafts, needlework, manchester, table linen

White tray cloth with white embroidery and draw thread inner border.handcrafts, needlework, manchester, table linen

White pillow sham with wide crochet border. Centre piece of Mount Mellick embroidery in white.handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work, manchester, bedding

White cotton doyley with drawn thread needlework consisting of thirteen medallions around the edge and centre pattern of sixteen squares.handcrafts, needlework, manchester, table linen

Oval shaped white cotton doyley embroidered in white. Scalloped edging in button hole stitch.handcrafts, needlework, manchester, table linen

Round white cotton doyley decorated with cut out embroidery. Scalloped edging in button hole stitch.handcrafts, needlework, manchester, table linen

Square white doyley with wide inner border of drawn thread embroiderymanchester, table linen, handcrafts, needlework