Oblong doily with curved bottom edged in green crochet. Multicolored embroidery of flowers. The middle has two flowers with red petals and yellow dots in the center. In between them, there is a diamond shape formed by pink, yellow, red, blue, and brown dots. Below them, there is a string of flowers in the same colors, with yellow, brown, pink, and red dots below them. There is also a blue line that is somewhat scalloped and curves at the end. Above the big red flowers, there is a small blue flower with a black center and two small leaves on either side of it. There are four leaves around each red flower. There is also a string of flowers going outward from each red flower. The first is pink, then red, yellow, brown, pink, blue, and yellow. They are all connected by a vine. The green crochet around the edge is in three different shades and is made to look like a gradation.

Doilies are used to protect furniture and as decoration. This may have been used on the back of an upholstered chair.

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