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<p>[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 1873170, member: 649"]This was likely done in the 1950s/60s from a stamped embroidery kit. They are difficult to date due to the longevity of the craft and similar designs used for decades. I don't believe it to be more modern than that due to the linen used for the ground. Modern kits generally use a poly/cotton broadcloth and such kits are still made today. Several companies, like <a href="https://www.jdneedleart.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jdneedleart.com/" rel="nofollow">Jack Dempsey Needle Art</a>, are apparently still going strong:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://imgprod65.hobbylobby.com/sys-master/migrated/h61/hb9/h00/9219477143582/1266063[6].jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Your piece did bring to mind a bun warmer at first, but they generally have four flaps, not three, and the shape is off. It is most definitely <i>not </i>a collar. I've also not seen an antimacassar shaped quite like that but it's a possibility. (EDIT: Just read in a previous post that it's too big for that.) Curious![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 1873170, member: 649"]This was likely done in the 1950s/60s from a stamped embroidery kit. They are difficult to date due to the longevity of the craft and similar designs used for decades. I don't believe it to be more modern than that due to the linen used for the ground. Modern kits generally use a poly/cotton broadcloth and such kits are still made today. Several companies, like [URL='https://www.jdneedleart.com/']Jack Dempsey Needle Art[/URL], are apparently still going strong: [IMG]https://imgprod65.hobbylobby.com/sys-master/migrated/h61/hb9/h00/9219477143582/1266063[6].jpg[/IMG] Your piece did bring to mind a bun warmer at first, but they generally have four flaps, not three, and the shape is off. It is most definitely [I]not [/I]a collar. I've also not seen an antimacassar shaped quite like that but it's a possibility. (EDIT: Just read in a previous post that it's too big for that.) Curious![/QUOTE]
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