LATE XIXTH Century linen bed linen with B.M. initials - Textile - 3.4 m - 2 m

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France, late 19th century linen bed linen with B.M. initials, white, 3.40 m by 2.00 m, in good used condition with minor signs of aging and blemishes.

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This is for me a first and by that I mean I have not
seen this particular way of embroidering initials before.
The bed linen goes back to the late XIXth Century.
We can proof this as there is a seam in the centre.
The weaving looms were a mere 1 meter wide in those days.
So hundreds of meters of linen would be woven with
selvedges on both sides.
The fabric would then be cut into lengths and the young girls,
merely having left primary school, but also out workers, would join
meticulously join the selvedges together.
The fine work has ,after all the decennia, proven that the bed linen
is still as perfect as when it first decked the beds.
We must point out though that the seams at a few areas had become detached
and this has now been remedied.
What is extremely rare are the initials B.M.
As already memorised I have never seen this way of embroidery before and I find it
quite magnificent. I assume it was done with very fine
hooked 'crochet needles"
The initials are beautifully designed in classic English script and double outlined with in the
centre a variety of "polka dot" embroidery.
I just cannot keep my eyes from it.!!
It certainly would like to get a new home once again and to be cherished.

This is for me a first and by that I mean I have not
seen this particular way of embroidering initials before.
The bed linen goes back to the late XIXth Century.
We can proof this as there is a seam in the centre.
The weaving looms were a mere 1 meter wide in those days.
So hundreds of meters of linen would be woven with
selvedges on both sides.
The fabric would then be cut into lengths and the young girls,
merely having left primary school, but also out workers, would join
meticulously join the selvedges together.
The fine work has ,after all the decennia, proven that the bed linen
is still as perfect as when it first decked the beds.
We must point out though that the seams at a few areas had become detached
and this has now been remedied.
What is extremely rare are the initials B.M.
As already memorised I have never seen this way of embroidery before and I find it
quite magnificent. I assume it was done with very fine
hooked 'crochet needles"
The initials are beautifully designed in classic English script and double outlined with in the
centre a variety of "polka dot" embroidery.
I just cannot keep my eyes from it.!!
It certainly would like to get a new home once again and to be cherished.

Details

Era
1400-1900
Material
Linen
Model
LATE XIXTH Century linen bed linen with B.M. initials
Country of Origin
France
Length
3.4 m
Colour
White
Width
2 m
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes
Estimated period
1850-1900
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Objects sold
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