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TABLECLOTH

Creator(s): Ella Merriweather Post ((Possibly))

Currently in storage


About this object

A cream linen tablecloth with embroidered and appliqued pink and purple roses with green leaves. The center section is plain linen except for one rose. The center is surrounded by bobbin mesh with bobbin tape lace shaped into flowers and leaves. The edge is picot.

Object name:
TABLECLOTH
Made from:
Linen -- silk
Made in:
USA
Date made:
ca. 1905
Size:
45 in. (114.3 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
45.565
Class:
Linen/lace
Signature marks:
note her mother/may have/made 1905 With cloth now removed Written in pencil.
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973