New-York tribune., 1890-01-26
TABLE LINENS.
REATTIFILCLOTHS.


rhcte = an increasing preference for white dinner
table and the yarou, embroidered scarf, and centre
tables DO color are being rapidly discarded Round
dinner table, coming into favor and TINS brings
a special demand for extra widths oi dama-k Win
double borcr-. the inner border 80 arranged a. I"
rest on the table when the cloth i> spread. The
mos, expensive dama,k, arc heavy. cNQui-tely fine
and h,trol. a, the richest satin. set Of napln,
l dinner size seven cislths of yard VIDE ln tln,
..,,lf, are $50 a dozen. such qualitic- OF daWa-h.
however are only made 20 order They are woven
m Ireland hy the hand loom and must be- hlcachri on
tl. a,, f,r flly four month, before all th" inner
tlr.ld, aye vutcucd. An extra fine Dresden napkin.
which, however. D. light in weight. that IT Way
Pee bl,.,lci DO t,o vccts. j, Away, kept in stock
and B.. sold Al $40 a dozen.
u,lut, small pattern, and large designs are both
.oi,,lt after DO dinner dama,k. Fine mstrou5 table
cloth, usually show considerable plain surface. some
~ tho newest patterns have douhle Grccau borders
on .rt a,anilu- scroll. or IN Grec, drop aud bead
design. while the centre 4 the cloth show, % large
u,,,ion of If. line -uITaoc uuhrokcn by pattern.
other cloth, have wide acorn border, with AN inner
,r,.r 10 rest ou the table. IN Wi!dhovcr pattern
fine ,cutr. of the cloth is thcky ,rc"n IN nu' -''u
design Cobwcb and ball patterns. ferns ana H""'i''
marguerite design, with the slender dover stems inter
,cns over the ground. clover leaf aud clover blossoms
ar. al popular designs, cloth, sprInkcd with clusters
Of holly and wrcathcd with border, of holly and
i.,l.,oe or with 70 holly border and "~ shower Of
uc,rl,r in the centre. suggest thri'ma' ra>tN Som'
of The most beautiful designs n table linen art IN
,,,, r,h,Iuc a rich trlccry Of lines nearly covering
the tl,in surface Of the cloth. The old time sno"
drop pattern dc-gns of blocks ard checks daIo"iI
and bed cloths, which antcdAte the jacquard loon
,, lac ,,oven about 50 per cent faster than
.l,bor,,.ly figured dama,k. Economical houschccp'rN
viii find thc~c patterns are sold los tu>tW"rthF
dealers AT a considerably lower price than dama~led
cloth i'm the quality The pattern OF damaNk Is
pr,duccd by the continued throwing mp Of the threads
consequently there 4, rather strain In the weave
Of an claboratcly figured cloth than in one III whch
there i, considerable plain surface. only hhe'
ms,rou, quality Of linen Will bear 10 display it'
quality in plain surface.
There is a fancy for lunch cloths ot h'e
danask surrounded bv three or four inch hem
stitched border. with napkins TO match Ladies are
making these cloths at home Of perfectly plall hrm
linen and finishing them with elaborate borders IN
Mexican drawn work. the lavorte nccdlewOrk Of
spanish American ladies. Charming bread plate ana
cake plate mats aud "tablecentIcs' are shown IN me
heavy whito linen wrought with borders Ia >pa'htI
work THIS is done IN Germany, aud j. the same ~
old fashioned work. the rich trccrc, OF leaf ana
vine in the pattern being first embroidered IN button
hole -titch and the background afcrwau cut out
leaving the open work border Inc most exquisite
work. I'm linen for thi, purpose comes from MADEIRA
and from Inyal in the Azores. \ firm. Zine linen
about the quality used for shirt Dooom', }, selected
The oirc. ,r. buttouholcd in dainty patterns and
thread drawn ont for 4 certain distance. leaving the
warn threads, which are then woven with the needle
to form a lnc network. The pattern of leaf, vine ana
tcndrl l., darnrd IN with the finest linen threads
some of the tiny d0ylcs from Madeira are en-
broidcrcd in dark Dresden blue or in pale turquoise
coor, but those In pure white are generilN pre-
fcrrcd Exquisite buffet covers are shown ol creamy
half blcachcd linen embroidered in white in Fayal
work There are also beautiful covers In unheachcd
or Gccc color of the finest quality Of linen, finished
with delicate white embroidery wrought IN fairy like
stitches, Doylirs are also shown of japanese silk
pnintcd In lndclblc cOlOrs, with landscape, mlnily
suggested by few figures rather than drawn
minhtnlv ntludng Wild swans. frogs. weird looking
Inpanc,c fish I'm lovely hucs HOLSTERS, bird, and
nticr designs The most beautiful table centres In
artistic embroidery are done i'm white and gold.
\ square of linen about twenty two inches I'm size and
ul,ln i'm the centre t. bOrdcrNd with large grape
leave, their edges embroidered in long and short
gold thread caught down with couchng stitches. In
other table centres gold thread /, used 10 form
irregular cracklc pattern over the centre. Thanhs
are due to James McCutchcOn d Co. and the society
II Decorative Art.