toy furniture; bed coverings

A miniature top sheet for a dolls house bed. It consists of a rectangle of cream coloured cotton, with seams on three sides and a piece of lace sewn along the top edge. On the top end, the sheet has been folded over and this covers part of the bedspread when the bed is made.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn4814.30.3
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 188 mm x 153 mm x 2 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
textile; cotton; thread; lacework
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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