Create a nostalgic Victorian ambience in any room with this captivating vintage doily pattern. Doilies created using this pattern are perfect to place under a flower vase, small plant or knick-knack to protect the precious wood of your table, counter or buffet. They will soon become treasured parts of your home décor that can be passed down from generation to generation.
 
This pattern is a rework of the crochet pattern for the doily illustrated in Figure 482 in the Encyclopedia of Needlework from 1886, by Thérèse De Dillmont, which is a public domain work. I have translated this pattern into American crochet terminology (the original used UK terminology), and I rewrote it during the process of thorough testing, using modern crochet instructions and pattern formatting, as well as correcting errors and omissions, providing clarifications and making adjustments as necessary. All of this in order to make the pattern easier for modern crocheters to understand, so that they may create this exquisite vintage doily themselves and help ensure that this pattern lives on.