Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2019.065.001 |
Object Name |
Collar |
Title |
Prize-Winning Crocheted Collar |
Date |
1910s? |
Year Range from |
1915 |
Year Range to |
1930 |
Made |
Sutherland (née Atkinson), Ethel |
Place of Origin |
Holland Centre, Township of Chatsworth, Grey County |
Description |
A woman's hand-made and finely-crocheted white collar. It has a squarish opening, with one straight edge lobe, and three pointed ones. It was originally basted onto a piece of robin's egg blue tissue paper as a display ground. |
Provenance |
Hand-made by Ethel May Atkinson (wife of Alexander Sutherland), who lived at RR#1 Holland Centre, in Holland Township, Grey County (now known as the Township of Chatsworth). It won a First Prize at a local fair (year unknown). Ethel and her husband farmed at Concession 8, at the south half of Lot 6, East of the Garafraxa Road, in Holland Township. Inherited by/last owned by one of Ethel's daughters, Agnes Bumstead (née Sutherland) of Owen Sound, Grey County. |
Collection |
Textiles, 20th-c Clothing Collection, Women's |
Material |
Cotton |
Dimensions |
W-61.5 L-39.8 D-0.1 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Sutherland, Ethel May |
Subjects |
Crocheting Collars |
Search Terms |
Holland Township Holland Centre |
Function |
A hand-made collar, suitable for wearing on the collar area of a dress. |