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, which at the time was 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). Fine, densely-woven, very slightly textured, and very, very beautiful, this fabric has been made into a very large sheet which has a triple border of drawn-thread work. The first and third borders are finely-made drawn-and-wrapped ladder border s(please find my newsletter entitled ‘Ladder Borders and Drawn Threadwork’) and the middle is a drawn-thread and stitch-woven border. There are days and days of meticulous work in the border alone. In the centre is a large pair of embroidered intertwined initials ‘PR’. It is in superb condition - there is only one fault on the entire sheet that I can find which is a very small damage that is not even all the way through the sheet - I have pictured it. The rest of the sheet is perfect. Judging by the number of similar sheets I found with these initials, not to mention handwoven linen tablecloths and other pieces, it really was a very wealthy household.
This measures 238×325cm. Very few sheets are more than about 234cm wide but many of these sheets from this collection are much larger.
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To purchase, please message me via the contact form and mention the title or the number of the sheet.
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, which at the time was 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). Fine, densely-woven, very slightly textured, and very, very beautiful, this fabric has been made into a very large sheet which has a triple border of drawn-thread work. The first and third borders are finely-made drawn-and-wrapped ladder border s(please find my newsletter entitled ‘Ladder Borders and Drawn Threadwork’) and the middle is a drawn-thread and stitch-woven border. There are days and days of meticulous work in the border alone. In the centre is a large pair of embroidered intertwined initials ‘PR’. It is in superb condition - there is only one fault on the entire sheet that I can find which is a very small damage that is not even all the way through the sheet - I have pictured it. The rest of the sheet is perfect. Judging by the number of similar sheets I found with these initials, not to mention handwoven linen tablecloths and other pieces, it really was a very wealthy household.
This measures 238×325cm. Very few sheets are more than about 234cm wide but many of these sheets from this collection are much larger.
Please click on the photos to open them up full-sized.
To purchase, please message me via the contact form and mention the title or the number of the sheet.
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