A Touch Of Traditional Hospitality
Vintage Linens For Your Table
Tablecloth #TC-3
Classic White-On-White----Handmade Lace & Embroidery


About one third of the tablecloth

9" corner insert
Reticella lace
Above the corner insert
Cutwork lace----Padded satin stitch

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3 1/2" filet lace edging
 

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74" by 94", including lace, this tablecloth will grace your table with elegance and charm. It combines the subtle texture of white linen with several hand lacemaking techniques and embroidery.

Two diagonal seams at each corner of the 3 1/2" wide filet lace edging ensure a neat turning. It shows a geometric header, spikey leaf pattern and staggered flowers. The outer row of flowers forms part of the scalloped edge.

SPECTACULAR designs will frame your central arrangement and border the drape around your table. The outer design is 14" deep along the sides and 23", diagonally in the corners. An 8 1/2" wide design outlines the center. Cutwork lace outlines and connects large reticella lace inserts. Padded satin stitch embroidery adds a three-dimensional effect. Click here to view more close-ups.

Medallions are cut out from the fabric to fit the shapes of 6" to 9" lace inserts. Reticella lace, originating in Italy, displays closely-worked designs against an openwork background. Buttonhole stitched raised outlines define woven and honeycomb-lace patterned areas......a crisp, clear effect. Dainty picots decorate the connectors. Wheel-pattern flower-centers are a special touch.

This tablecloth is not perfect but it has been well preserved over the years. There are several tiny mends, each with a snip of net reinforcement on the back and almost invisibly stitched on the front. One mend does show, about 2" toward the inner corner of the central design. There are four pinhead-size holes in the fabric and a few broken connectors within the lace. Click here to view imperfections. This tablecloth is clean and in very good condition.

*vintage: gently used; posessing age, charm, character, maturity

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Updated 11/23/07