In my continuous search for ancient fabrics I sometimes come across real little great treasures, as in this case.
Precious garments that tell us about another era, other lives, industrious hands that embroidered and sewed.
This beautiful, very large bath towel in a beautiful medium-weight linen, the delightfully executed embroidery, the lace frill, make it a truly very beautiful towel.
Linen is a natural fiber that has been used since ancient times for its resistance and beauty. A towel that thanks to the yarn used has a high absorbency and that as it is used and washed will become more and more beautiful.
The beauty of the fabric is then completed and enhanced by the two romantic initials AB embroidered in English cursive and by the garland of flowers and leaves that embellishes it.
Below the embroidery we find a beautiful unravelling, which must have really required many hours of work.
On both of the shorter sides, under the hemstitch, we find two lace flounces on both sides.
A small masterpiece of skill dating back to the first part of the last century.
The person who made them did so with love and great skill, demonstrating how even an everyday object can be a true masterpiece.
And it can bring into our homes a touch of that atmosphere that takes you back in time, to things done well, with attention and dedication.
When even a dishcloth or a towel had their great value.
This cloth can be used in the bathroom or even in the kitchen and can also become a nice curtain.
Fabric: antique linen. The embroidery and flounces are the original ones of the cloth.
Measurements: 153x75 centimeters.
Hand wash or machine wash on delicate cycle with neutral soap.
Do not spin or dry in the sun.
There may be small stains or imperfections that testify to the age of this cloth, which however is perfectly preserved and has probably never been used.
Consider in fact the age of these objects, their past history, the time and life they have seen pass by… the signs that time has left on them are added values, small traces that remind us that they come to us from another era.
Appreciate these little imperfections, they are beautiful and speak of the people who preserved them before us.
