The store dealer remarked that they were probably from the estate of a very old woman who died, and whose family didn't care for the handcrafts she had turned out. The second one is also lovely, thicker thread and a lot heavier, and has the added distinction of having been made by a fellow lefthander. I have it on top of my TV now. Oh my, there's a lot here. Picked these up at the Newport Antique Center in the above mentioned antique store dream-block.
Color is fairly accurate.
The big rose one, which I adore, was also made by a leftie, and is the first one that I starched. I love the crowded flower in the middle. The edging and each square look to have been made separately and then stitched together. When I do, I'll post it here. If so, then it's in spectacular shape, with only one stitch pulled out and the rest of it very robust and not nearly as fragile as you'd think.