Kitchen cloth
Category
Textiles
Date
1900 - 1929
Materials
Huckaback linen
Measurements
605 mm (Width); 1060 mm (Length)
Place of origin
United Kingdom
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609691.2
Summary
One of four plain weave linen huckaback kitchen cloths of early 20th century British manufacture. Huckaback Linen is a linen weave exhibiting a small seed-like pattern, usually used for towels. Linen was used most often for kitchen cloths as the fibres would stand rough treatment e.g. stain removal and boiling in the wash-house. There would be different cloths for different purposes – the obvious being tea towels for drying, but also covers for bowls, pans etc, cloths for the sideboard and dresser, also for what was called the ‘dressing table’ – not in the bedroom but where dishes were dressed before being sent to the dining room.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust for Attingham Park from Morley in 2000.