Explore the CollectionTablecloth

Measurements
170cm x 130cm
Place of Origin
Unknown origin
Historical Period/Date
17th Century
Registration Number
1984-113
Donated/Purchased
Donated
Techniques
Drawn Thread Work,
Objects
Household Textiles,Tablecloths,

Physical Description

A white table-cloth of hand-woven linen. There are two very deep borders and five insertions of Sicilian-style cut and drawn work worked with motifs of birds and animals and geometric motifs. There is an edging of needlepoint lace added at a later date. Identified by Pat Earnshaw in 1982 as possibly 17th century.

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