Crochet doily made to look like a lacy design. The center portion is a larger square with multiple smaller squares in it. There are a few smaller squares that have three vertical lines within it; these squares are diagonal to others with similar design making a cross. There are sixteen crosses in this center square. Coming off of the four sides there are larger triangle created by multiple smaller triangular shapes. The corners are rounded and created by intersecting curved lines.

Created by Penolope Neokos. She was born in Greece in 1899. In later years she came to the United States with her husband Nickolas, also native to Greece, where they became citizens of Illinois and lived in the city of Chicago. While in Chicago her and her husband lived with her brother along with her two sons (Ernie and John) and their one daughter (Frances).
Seeing as this was made in Greece, it is fair to assume that this could have been used as a part of her dowry during her marrage to Niclolas and would have been brought over during their move to America.

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