My hand towels are made of fine linen or cotton. Some are from the early 1900’s. Most are from the 1930-50 era. Some of them are embroidered with flowers, initials, days of the week, etc. and have beautifully detailed crewel, French knots and cross-stitch. Some have crocheted edges and insets while others are tatted and pulled.
A pretty pair of matching vintage white linen dish towel that have a beautiful floral damask pattern throughout. This piece measures 32.5 inches by 18 inches.
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Lovely linen white hand towel with graceful embroidery of a colorful flower and bow motif on the towel, and featuring a red border edge. The elegant detail surrounding the flower and bow motif shows the graceful work of the 1940's design, and is augmented with a colorful red bord..