DINNER NAPKINS
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Set of sixteen white linen dinner napkins. An ovoid shaped design at one corner is executed in cutwork with a floral needlelace insertion at center. The design is surrounded with embroidered flowers, with the monogram 'MPD' at top. Napkins are edged all around with needle lace.
- Object name:
- DINNER NAPKINS
- Made from:
- Linen -- lace
- Size:
- 43.8 × 45.1 cm (17 1/4 × 17 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 45.257.1-17
- Class:
- LACE
- Signature marks:
- note 16 AR on plastic wrapped around objects label The Mediterranean Shop / Lovely Things from Far Away Lands / at / 876 madison Avenue / below 72d St. / New York 21 / Dorothy McCauslan / Tr 9-3129 under objects part of a box used as a support underneath napkins
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973