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Experiments with unconventional #vegetable #fibres in #Victorian #Ireland: This breathtaking #lace #parasol cover was hand-knitted from #nasturtium fibre and gifted to #Kew Director Sir William Hooker for the @Economicbotany Museum by #Irish Viscountess Lady Doneraile in 1855.
A detail of the mural depicting the 17thC Gardens at Doneraile Court. Doneraile. Co.Cork.
#doneraile #mural
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