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Irish linen double damask tablecloth & six serviettes

Irish linen double damask tablecloth & six serviettes

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Irish Linen Double Damask Tablecloth and six serviettes with a floral pattern woven into the linen. There are never any material tags on Vintage Irish Linen tablecloths. They came with paper tags, not material ones that we use today. The customer would buy the fabric and they would have to cut and hem it themselves. Usually, only the two short ends were hemmed, the long sides were left as is. The same number of threads is used to make single and double damask. Double damask is woven by passing filling threads over seven warp threads and under one verses single damask which is bound down every fifth thread.

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    Irish linen double damask tablecloth & six serviettes

  • Subject

    Textiles, Needlework, Household items, Domestic chattels

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    Textiles, linen double damask, a. Tablecloth: W 1760mm x L 1740mm b - g. Napkins: W 570mm x L 560mm

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    https://ehive.com/collections/5984/objects/847070

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    47 The Mall CROMWELL 9310

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Cromwell Museum

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