Filet Crochet Rose Basket, Alice Brooks 5739

Filet Crocheted Chair Set:  This filet crocheted chair set is to be made of unbleached crochet and knitting cotton. The chair back 12-1/2 x 16 inches; the arm rest 6 x 12-1/2 inches. The design may also be used as a buffet set or ends for scarfs. The pattern includes a filet chart for the chair back and are rest, also directions describing how the charts are to be used.

This is a Mail Order Design pattern purchased through newspapers and catalogs.  The pattern was marketed as Alice Brooks 5739 in 1939.  The newspaper description:   "To freshen your home for Spring, use a crocheted chair set with the appeal of this shaped to resemble flower baskets, each of the three handsome pieces is crocheted in string and may if you wish, also serve as a buffet set. The larger pieces, repeated could serve as scarf dens. Practical - lasting - inexpensive to crochet, this chair set's beauty and easy making invite all crocheters".

MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS: 1 (500 yard) skein of unbleached Mercerized Crochet and Knitting Cotton and a No. 7 steel crochet hook. (2 skeins will make a chair set, a buffet set or 2 scarf ends).