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Description:
Unhemmed, selvage-wide piece of patterned linen woven for either napkin fabric or toweling. The linen is woven in a variation of twill weave pattern known as either diaper or bird's eye, was probably half-bleached when it was first made. This kind of weave was possible on a four-shaft heddle loom, and coud have been made in the American colonies/United States, or it could have been imported.

Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Linen

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