Light Indigo & White Furniture Check - $16.00 yd.

Light Indigo & White Furniture Check 

Linen cloth, such as this Light Indigo & White Furniture Check, was woven of flax fiber in many grades and weaves. Used in every aspect of living, from clothing, to household needs, to furnishings, to the shroud made for the corpse, linen was so common that a tax was proposed as a source of easy revenue on the coarser sorts being imported into the US towards the end of the 18th century.

In the 18th century, the term “checked”  referred to woven or printed patterns that intersected at right angles. Any fabric with intersecting threads of two or more colors was considered a "check", including those we would call a "plaid" today. Larger checks were sometimes designated as "Furniture Checks", being more frequently used for household needs. This did not, however, stop these larger patterns from being used in clothing. We found several examples of larger checks in our research with the London Foundlings left as tokens.

• Our Light Indigo & White Furniture Check is lightweight.
• Suitable for gowns, aprons, accessories, linings, children's clothing, and household items.
  

• 100% Irish Linen, 60 inches wide.