Historical information

Early settler women were skilled craft workers and crocheted doilies and other napery for their household. This Doiley is a cover for a jug or cup, with the glass beads providing the weight to secure it, to protect the contents from flies, insects and dust while on the kitchen table.

Significance

Early settler women were skilled in dressmaking, crochet, knitting as they made clothes, furnishings, drapery and tableware for their families c1900

Physical description

A cotton, crocheted doily with a teapot pattern and green beads at edges to keep it in place when protecting contents of a jug or cup