but, on closer examination, each has a different monogram.
I can't even make out what the letters are, the font is so elaborate. Any guesses.
The camera has brightened reality. They are yellowed a bit. I'm sure never used for whatever intended purpose.
The stitches that join the sides together are so very tiny.
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The stitches that join the sides together are so very tiny.
She made the nuns proud, I'm sure.
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Top photo, I see C B, with the fancy edge as the bottom of the letters. These photos and the last post...so beautiful & delicate. Just lovely.
fascinating ... I've never seen anything quite like it
Yes for silk stockings. Silk. and I believe the stockings were pressed with an iron so perfectly "new" each time. Jackie Kennedy liked her stockings to be ironed (pressed) there was something about that while she was living in the White House. And yes, nuns did do embroidery for wealthy families as a way to make money for the church.
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