Black & Dark Indigo Lightweight Linen Check
Linen cloth, such as this Black & Dark Indigo Lightweight Linen 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. Checked linens were used for aprons, shirts, children’s clothing, trousers, linings, and household items such as toweling, bed hangings, and chair coverings.
We have not found an 18th century check in this Black & Dark Indigo Lightweight Linen Check colorway (in linen), but we feel it is suitable c.1850 and later, and would be especially lovely for the Edwardian period.
