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Table Mat
Table cloth, circular doily, white linen, with lace edging.
Table cloth, circular doily, white linen, with lace edging.
This is one of a number of items in a collection of needlework in cotton and linen by Annie O’Dwyer (nee Killeen, of Moleskey) who lived between 1888-1979, of Annagh House, Miltown Malbay.
It was donated to the collection by her daughter Mary Coughlan (nee O’Dwyer) and family, Lahinch, with the assistance of her daughter Ann Coughlan.
This piece, a circular doily, is for the enhancement of food presentations. It was used as an ornamental mat and might be put on a plate under cakes, for example.
Collection: Mary Coughlan
Category: Textile crafts