Inventory | Ethnography | Tovaglia
- Common name
- Tablecloth
- Material
- cotton
Description
The tablecloth was used to decorate the table before it was set for meals. Made of white cotton, the tablecloth had borders decorated with openwork stitch and embroidered floral motifs. It was laid on the table in the kitchen to create a cozy atmosphere.
Use
- Areas of use
- economy and domestic rituals
- Specific use
- furniture
- Craft
- domestic use
Preserved specimen
white cotton fabric, in a single piece of rectangular shape, terminating at the and extremities of the short sides with a border decorated in openwork stitch from which long bangs depart. Also near the border is a small floral motif embroidered with the same technique.
Cataloging
- SIRBeC
- 7s020-00453
