In my constant search for antique fabrics I sometimes come across real treasures.
Precious garments that tell us about another era, other lives, industrious hands that embroidered and sewed.
A vintage bath towel in a beautiful fabric with a clear hemp and linen texture, which transmits freshness to the touch.
The beauty of the fabric is then completed by the wonderful raised embroidery completed by needlework.
Flowers, buds, leaves, many embroidery stitches used and lots and lots of work.
The scalloped hem completes this riot of embroidery on one side, while on the back we have a high hem made with hemstitch.
A true masterpiece of skill.
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: linen and hemp.
Dimensions: 113x80 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.
