Sábana - 320 cm - 184 cm
N.º 82090005
(1) NAPOLEÓN 111 ROPA DE CAMA CIRCA 1890. - Textil - 2.88 m - 1.98 m
N.º 82090005
(1) NAPOLEÓN 111 ROPA DE CAMA CIRCA 1890. - Textil - 2.88 m - 1.98 m
This is an excellent bed linen in pure linen and dating back to approx 1870.
We can date this bed linen as it has a seam in the centre.
Weaving looms at the end of the 19th Century could maximum weave 1 meter
with selvedges on either side as a finish.
Once the fabric came off the loom, which was often hundreds of meters long, it would be cut
to approx. 3 meter lengths and the selvedges would be joined by hand by the factory girls
our home workers.
What remains a mystery and as yet I have not been able to find out why
the initials are always off centre and not on either side of the seam.
One theory could be that if there was a initial on either side of the joint by
the time they were stitched together there could be "puckering" even so the
selvedges were sewn together by hand and not by machine and that would
mean that both initials would not be at the same height.
The initials are large at 8cm long and are magnificently embroidered in single red cross stitch.
SO PLEASE BE AWARE that both initials C.H. are slightly off centre
and on the left hand side of the linen. SEE LAST PHOTO.
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