TABLECLOTH, OFF-WHITE LINEN WITH EMBROIDERY, CUTWORK & LACE
Entry/Object ID
89.36.1.1
Description
TABLECLOTH, OFF-WHITE LINEN WITH EMBROIDERY, CUTWORK & LACE
One tablecloth, rectangular, with off-white woven linen center section featuring a faggoted edge and embroidered with cream color single strand polished embroidery cotton thread in a double rectangular banded interior border design with stylized craftsman-like geometric 2 and 4 petal flowers, triangles and squared cutwork and eyelet holes, all bordered with featherstitched drawnwork edges and interspersed diagonal lines, outer embroidered border has squares at each corner and single squares centered on each long side with 8 petaled flowers in the centers bounded by the above-noted motifs and interior filled corners (with the above-noted motifs) on the interior border, needle-woven lace edging made of knotted linen thread along sides and at ends 5 7/8" deep at sides, 19 1/4" deep at ends with repeated design of poinsettias, scrolled leaf motifs and deer along sides and outer end edges and a pair of lions flanking a pot containing stylized roses at each end and borders edged with faggoted linen fabric and combination stitch crocheted edging.
Lexicon
Search Terms
Food Service T&E, Tablecloths, Arts and crafts movement
