Historical information

The women of the early settler families made the clothes, haberdashery and napery as the market gardens and dairy farms were established c1900. The square of linen is edged with hand crochet and a flower in one corner is sewn with coloured silk

Significance

The women of the early settler families in Moorabbin Shire c1910 were skilled dressmakers and craft workers.

Physical description

2 cream linen serviettes with crocheted edge and a coloured needlework flower