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Culture:American
Title:tablecloth
Type:Household Accessory; Textile
Materials:textile: bleached (white) figured weave linen (diaper); linen netted fringe
Place Made:United States
Accession Number:  HD 86.115
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Roe E. Clark
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
White tablecloth made up of two selvage widths seamed down the center with a whip or overcast stitch. Woven in an M and O pattern, the tablecloth's fabric would not only have been decorative, but arguably more abosrbent, with more surface area from the design's floats exposed.

Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Linen

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