This is from a recent lot which came from a very large upper-middle-class household. The owner of this household was a successful notaire, sort of the equivalent of a solicitor. He must have come from money as well, one didn’t just become a notaire in those days.
This sheet is exactly the sort of sheet which would come from such a household. It is the absolute best quality machine-milled linen available at this period - the first half of the 20th century. (The next level after this is handwoven and heavily embroidered and often belonging to nobility). Medium-weight densely-woven, very slightly textured, and very beautiful, this fabric has been made into a good-sized sheet which has a handmade drawn-and-wrapped ladder border and in the centre a pair of initials ‘PR’. The lower hem is handstitched. It is in superb condition, very little used. There is just one tiny fault, which would have been a weaving fault in the mechanical loom rather than a wear, and which has had a couple of delicate stitches put in it (by a contemporary housemaid no doubt!), otherwise it is perfect. It measures 236×326cm.
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This is from a recent lot which came from a very large upper-middle-class household. The owner of this household was a successful notaire, sort of the equivalent of a solicitor. He must have come from money as well, one didn’t just become a notaire in those days.
This sheet is exactly the sort of sheet which would come from such a household. It is the absolute best quality machine-milled linen available at this period - the first half of the 20th century. (The next level after this is handwoven and heavily embroidered and often belonging to nobility). Medium-weight densely-woven, very slightly textured, and very beautiful, this fabric has been made into a good-sized sheet which has a handmade drawn-and-wrapped ladder border and in the centre a pair of initials ‘PR’. The lower hem is handstitched. It is in superb condition, very little used. There is just one tiny fault, which would have been a weaving fault in the mechanical loom rather than a wear, and which has had a couple of delicate stitches put in it (by a contemporary housemaid no doubt!), otherwise it is perfect. It measures 236×326cm.
To purchase, please message me via the contact form and mention the title of this listing.
