NAPKINS, SET OF 12

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

Dark ecru set. All pieces have plain cloth in the center. This is edged with lace. The lace has a scalloped edge and a leaf pattern along the edges. Within the lace are small dots. Where the lace meets the cloth are large leaf froms in the cloth. At each end of the runner and mats is a design composed of two large leaves, one on each side of an oval medallion. There is drawnwork and embroidery in the corner. Set of 12.

Object name:

NAPKINS, SET OF 12

Made from:

Pineapple fibre

Made in:

Philippines

Date made:

ca. 1940

Size:

39.4 × 39.4 cm (15 1/2 × 15 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

45.68.14-25

Class:

Linen

Signature marks:

label No. 19 45.68/Philippines/1 Runner/12 Mats/12 Napkins/12 Fingerbowl Doilies AR With the set now removed The label is paper that is edged with red. The inscription is typed except for AR which is in red pencil and 45..68 which is pencil. 12 Fingerbowl Doilies is scratched out.

Credit line:

Gift of Mrs. Augustus Riggs, 1974