Friday 15 June 2007

Cut-leather Doilies

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I have been doing some dusting, and was reminded how beautiful these cutwork leather doilies are. They are the work, in the 1930s or 1940s, of my late mother-in-law. They seem to be a design traced onto thin suede leather, outlined with a dark pencil or similar and then painted with oil paints.

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The set is made up from the one oval and two smaller round doilies.

Does anyone know if this technique has a particular name????

2 Comments:

Blogger jane said...

You have the most INTERESTING blog. I love all of the different pictures os the things you find!

1:11 pm  
Blogger crazyhaberdasher said...

I wish I could help - this type of craft reminds me of the kind you would find in magazines like Practical Handicrafts or Weldons.

10:50 pm  

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