Picture No | 10140041 |
Date | 1868 |
Description | ANTIMACASSAR - 1 |
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Antimacassar in Gobelin stitch, intended to protect furniture from the macassar oil widely used as hair dressing. It has become the archetypal Victorian symbol.
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Source | Plate by an unnamed artist in the Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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