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Use them indoors or outside to drape from your ceiling or your front porch, cover bushes and shrubs, or use them as a dreadful doily on your fireplace mantle.
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Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2024
For weddings in particular, estate sales can be an ideal place to score quality china, glassware, silverware, cake stands, picture frames, table toppers such as candlesticks, vases and doilies and more.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
Magda Berliner had a collection of one-of-a-kind pieces all made from doilies, tablecloths, and found fabrics—a pioneer of the one-off/upcycle/doily dress concept, as well as other super interesting mixes of fabrics and silhouettes.
—Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2024
Seat assignments for dinner were presented with custom doilies, while glasses of champagne came with bows tied around them on top.
—Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
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Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2024
For weddings in particular, estate sales can be an ideal place to score quality china, glassware, silverware, cake stands, picture frames, table toppers such as candlesticks, vases and doilies and more.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
Magda Berliner had a collection of one-of-a-kind pieces all made from doilies, tablecloths, and found fabrics—a pioneer of the one-off/upcycle/doily dress concept, as well as other super interesting mixes of fabrics and silhouettes.
—Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2024
Seat assignments for dinner were presented with custom doilies, while glasses of champagne came with bows tied around them on top.
—Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
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“Doily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doily. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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doily
noun
doi·ly
ˈdȯi-lē 
plural doilies
1
: a small napkin
2
: a small often decorative cloth or paper used to protect the surface of furniture
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