The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-12
Table-Linen, Towels, Etc.

For handsome table linen, the prefer
ence is for French damask of the finest
TIN sh, as it is not SO heavy as the Irish
cloths. The most expensive cloths are
so finely tw lied all over that they are
as lustrous as satin, and the damask
figures 10 m a des Ga in the center
wn ch isrepeated in the larger sizes as
border; thus, there is small vine
around the center, with cordons or rib
bons woven into the damask, and. this is
enlarged near The edge; small dots are
woven in the spaces near the middle,
and these increase in size until, near
the edge, they are three inches in diam
eter rern-leaves, shamrocks, sprigs,
shaded moons, blocks, rings interlnked,
daisies, and other detached flowers are
strewn about on the cloths, with the
center pattern and border of some de-
sign to correspond. Snowy-white dam
ask without colored borders is now
used in these fine cloths, which come in
sets of square cloths OF different sizes
or br akiast, luncheon, and dinner
tables, and are accompanied by doyleys.
tringed tray cloths, and napkins in
which the center design of the cloth is
woven. Square clio his are most pop
ar; those measuring ten quarters each
way are most used, but for large dinner
tables they are five yards square. There
are long slender strips of colored dam
ask sold separate from cloths with a
canvas border on each edge that may
be embroidered in colors, and the sides
finished with drawn-work and fringe;
these are placed down the middle OF the
table when color is desired, and there
are also oatmeal cloth strips of this
kind that ladies embroider at their
leisure, and use either as buffet covers
or as table strips. The cloths with en-
broidered oolored borders are most
liked when their work is done by hand,
hence those with machine embroidery
are not largely imported. The colored
luncheon cloths and those used fol
breakfast tables may be of pink, buff
pale blue, or cardinal damask, or else
they are white damask cloths with 8
border of blue or red damask.
The small tables used at afternoon
teas and at elaborate luncheons usually
have needle-work upon them, done il
outline designs in colors. Heavy Irisl
damasks, with shamrocks, ferns ant
Greek designs, are liked for general us,
because of their durability; and thu
German damasks, with clear blue ant
clear scarlet borders, are chosen for tn,
same reason; the latter have both doy
! leys and napkins to match. Damask
sold by the yard for table-cloths are il
pure white with sprig patterns, or els
in the cream white tints. just as th,
cloth comes out OF the looms, withou
being bleached. Gray linen damask
are not used now, as the unbleache
i damasks are quite as inexpensive, an,
wear better, and if well laundried the
gradually become white. Turkey re,
4 cloths come in block patterns that hav
\ damask figure alternating with plail
blocks, and are then bordered an
fringed; these are liked for plain break
fast tables, as are also the solid-colore
red cloths that have red doyleys t
serve as fruit napkins. The large NAP
kins, three-fourths or seyen-eighths of
yard in size, are most largely imported
and the only smaller ones shown q
many stores are the half-yard squar
fringcd doyleys that are also made us
OF as napkins. - Ha,pcr's Bazar.