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