Historical information
Chart and related piece (L0905), placed in Mary Card box in the EGV Research Library by person unknown between 2021 and 2025.
Significance
Chart used when making Lace Collection piece. Mary Card designs were popular throughout the English-speaking world, in the early-mid 20th C.
Physical description
Instructions and working chart for Oak & Squirrel tea cloth border, cut from larger sheet and glued to thick, re-used paper. Published in England, about 1936, by Pearson and Co. (Associated with George Newnes)
Subjects
References
- Mary Card: Australian Crochet Lace Designer - Barbara Ballantyne ISBN/ISSN: 0-9580235-0-6 Pages 119 and 125 have publishing information about this chart.
- The Digital Collection - Oak and Squirrel Supper Cloth
