NAPKINS

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

Set of 23 white napkins in very fine linen, with drawnwork in a windowpane check all over and hemstitched around edges. The large oval monogram 'MPD' is inset in one corner in Venise neddle lace.

Object name:

NAPKINS

Made from:

Linen

Made in:

Unknown

Size:

58.4 × 57.2 cm (23 × 22 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

45.21.2-24

Signature marks:

monogram MPD inset in one corner in Venise needle lace label 23 Dinner Napkins # 29 / Handkerchief Linen / Lace Monogram M.P.D. / one last at Wedd' reception / June 26 / 1958. on tissue paper wrapped around napkins typed and handwritten on red and white paper label note 23 napkins originally taped to objects handwritten on scrap of white paper

Credit line:

Gift of Mrs. Augustus Riggs, 1974