A prize-ribbon Lily album — Crochet ‘County Fair,’ Design Book No. 51, issued by Lily Mills Co., Shelby, N.C., printed Copyright 1950, First Edition.

Designer Esther Parnell Hewlett (blue-ribbon winner and contest judge) fills these 16 pages with contest-minded home pieces in Daisy and Sky-Tone: a joined flower-and-filet cloth, a peony bedspread, chair and vanity sets, a contoured rug, and hot-plate mats. Patterns are crochet only.

Featured designs in this volume:

• No. 1 Table Cloth “New Angles” — 4" flower blocks plus filet fillers; Daisy size 30; about 62" × 75" joined 14 × 17
• No. 2 Doily “Daisy Ring” — Daisy size 30 and Six Strand Floss; about 12"
• No. 3 Doily “Rose Circle”
• No. 4 Breakfast Table Color — Sky-Tone Cream and Red; four place mats
• No. 5 Table Doily Set “Filmy Charm” — Daisy size 30; centerpiece, 4 mats, 4 coasters; 3½" blocks
• No. 6 Buffet Scarf — Daisy size 30; about 14" × 36"
• No. 7 Filet Centerpiece
• No. 9 Calla Lily Chair Set in shadow filet — Daisy size 50; chair back about 15½" × 16½"
• No. 10 Vanity Set “Pineapple Squares” — 3¾" squares
• No. 11 Rug “Contoured Crochet” — three-strand Sky-Tone; about 22" × 37"
• No. 12 Bedspread “Peony Garden” — 14" peony blocks; single about 70" × 98", double about 84" × 98"
• No. 13 Centerpiece “Ruffles and Forgetmenots”
• No. 14 Hot Plate Mats — Sky-Tone; square about 6¼"

Plus stitch abbreviations and blocking notes. A complete First Edition Book 51 for collectors of 1950 Hewlett and mid-century Lily household crochet.