Antique French linen lay-over sham with scalloped embroidered edge. A lay-over sham has no back e it was laid over the pillow by day and taken off at night and set aside to stay smooth and unwrinkled. These single lay-over shams are now more commonly used as tea tablecloths or toppers. Measures 31. 25 x 29. 5. It does not appear to have ever been used e basting threads all around where someone started hemstitching the area where the scalloped flange is attached e shown in the close-up. Color is an antique-white leaning to oyster. Very good condition and nice and clean e well stored.Our linens are purchased directly from estates, and in some cases, antique markets or private homes, and due to the very large volume in which we buy and sell them, we obviously cannot clean and restore them ourselves and still keep them so very affordable. Thus, all these stored-for-decades linens must be assumed to have storage marks, fold-line darkening, etc. Some may look pristine, some will need a good bath. Any damage, or discoloration that we feel may not come out with proper cleaning, will be described. All of these are sold as is, in other words they need washing. We sell a fantastic array of specialized cleaning products to handle anything.
European napkins are the basics of your linen closet or sideboard drawers. They are useful for daily family use or entertaining, and of higher quality than what is available new today. We have many sets with and without monograms, and monogrammed singles, too, which can be used as pillow fronts, tea tablecloths, or to build a collection of charmingly mismatched table linens with your monogram.
European tablecloths are the backbone of your linen collection, large or small. They are a basic for daily family use or for entertaining, to decorate the table when not in use, and they are of higher quality than what is generally available new today. Linen, lace, damask, cotton, embroidery, with and without a monogram, from tea tablecloth size up to over a hundred inches long
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