Item HT 43016 Tray Cloth Set - Alice McKenzie, Green, Embroidered, circa 1930

Summary

Alternative Name(s): Runner, Napkin, Cloth, Serviette, Table Cloth, Tea Cloths

Tablecloth set comprising a small green embroidered table cloth with matching serviette. Made by Alice McKenzie (nee Barling), who married Robert McKenzie in 1930. Alice was a teacher at Cobow (probably Cobaw) Primary School, near Woodend, Victoria. Alice had many leisure hours after school during which she boarded with a Mrs Hall, a farmer's wife. Alice was a friend of the McKenzie sisters, and eventually married into their family.

Physical Description

Tablecloth set comprising a small rectangular green table cloth and a single matching serviette, both embroidered. The main cloth is embroidered with a pattern of simple circles in green and yellow thread, using chain and other stitches as if a practice piece. Its edges are folded twice and hemmed, with miters at the underside corners. The serviette lacks the circular pattern, instead embroidered with a series of small yellow knots just in from the hem. On the underside, a rather rough thread connects each of the knots. Its hems are less sophisticated, and crossed at the underside corners.