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Christmas Red & Green Society Work Tablecloth & Napkin browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques:Decorative Art:Textiles:Linens and Lace:Pre 1920: item # 688818 Please refer to our stock # TC0019 when inquiring.
The European Market By Appointment Austin,TX 78746 512-589-4585 Now on SALE $350.00 0Includes Shipping and Handling |
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| This large linen and silk? tablecloth is covered with vibrant red carnations and green foliage in the style of society work embroidery. Wonderful baskets of vivid roses carnations and little purple and lavender shaded flowersare in each corner. I've agonized over this work trying to determine the facts about it. The embroidery has all the elements of society work, realistic botanical detail, naturalistic shading,and variations in directionality. (Photo 3 shows the stitching detail). Unfortunatly the photos don't show the depth of the embroidery, as it almost looks painted on in photos. Each flower, tendril, stem is worked individually, no stitching is the same! However the back seems to possibly be by machine! So my conclusion is that it MUST have been hand embroidered by machine and that amazes me still. The tablecloth has never been used and is in fact, ready to use now,there are only slight storage stains that should soak out with first laundering. Three of the six napkins have slight storage stains and one of those has a few rust spots. This is incredibly very cool linen, but also feels like there might be silk too, there's still polish to it. The fabric is unbelievable!. The very fine floss seems to be cotton. I've also tested it to see if the color would run,and it did not...Whew! This set will be used over and over again, as it does not seem fragile. All edges are drawn hemstitched, by hand and the perfectly mitered corners have been hand hemmed. It measures 96" x 62". My guess is that this was made for tourist trade early 1900. It is from an Italian estate. | ||
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