DINNER NAPKINS

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

Twelve linen napkins with a bold tape bobbin design at one corner in a flower and scroll motif. Tape bobbin edging with a grey embroidered outline continues all around in a scroll design.

Object name:

DINNER NAPKINS

Made from:

Linen -- lace

Made in:

Italy

Size:

54.6 × 50.8 cm (21 1/2 × 20 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

45.253.1-12

Class:

LACE

Signature marks:

note No 4. on scrap of paper with objects Handwritten in blue ink; refers to No. 4 in dinner napkin section of Hillwood Linen List No. 2. note Gus / washed / 1988 / by J.M. on scrap of paper with objects Gus refers to Gus Modig, Mrs. Post's Butler. J.M. refers to Jenny Matson, who also worked for Mrs. Post. label 12 napkins on plastic wrapping with objects handwritten in blue ink

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973