Historical information

Donor believes items were completed by her great aunts Lydia, Rosa, Olivia and Isabelle Pollard when the sisters were young girls. They were completed in Country Durham, England. The items have been passed down through the family by the girls mother or aunt.

Physical description

Two handmade embroidered laundry bags.
6575.1 Red flowers with green leaves and white foliage embroidered on a cream cotton front, back of bag is undecorated. Hand and machine stitching evident.
6575.2 Gold flowers, green leaves and some white foliage. Four rings attached with gold and cream stitching on top of bag for hanging.

Inscriptions & markings

A L 4 embroidered in top left hand corner of 6575.1 in yellow thread. A L embroidered at top L H corner of 6575.2 in red thread.