Feast your eyes upon this linen, jadeite beauty bedecked in striking deep aqua blooms! A perfect frame of coordinating boxes and scallops of dark forest green to softer shades of deep turquoise add depth to this vintage heirloom.
Friday, July 11, 2014
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Bold Garden: Vintage Burgundy and Tangerine Tablecloth with Stylized Flowers
Be mesmerized by this divine garden of tangerine oranges, wine-tinged burgundys, and golden ochre yellows. Bold and velvety stylized fan flowers in a circular pattern are so life-like that it looks like they are ready for the picking! The botanical aura continues to the interior of the cloth which contains scattered twigs.
The high-quality linen gives the tablecloth an aged and homespun appearance.
Southern Serenity: Southern Plantation-themed Vintage Tablecloth
If Southern hospitality is what you're seeking you've come to the right place. This dramatic tablecloth features the pre-Civil War sophistication of an old plantation manor. Striking magnolia blossoms frame picturesque scenes of postcard quality including a beckoning, open gate and a gurgling fountain.
Just looking at this palatial cloth makes you feel like you're been invited to enter the abode for a slice of corn bread and sparkling sweet tea.
The Beauty of the Orient: Asian-Inspired Vintage Tablecloth
You'll be swept away by this Asian-inspired linen whose ornate details include Asian characters, sweet flowers and scroll work. Vertical white and baby blue chevrons encompass the outer edges. Box-like forms decorate cloth's center.
How Do you Say Fabulous in French?: French-themed Vintage Tablecloth
Viva La France! Oui, Oui to this rural french-themed cloth featuring portly chefs and a random smattering of quaint shops and the ordinary happenings surrounding a typical French seaside community. The color palette is a range of soft peaches, aqua blues and terracotta browns on a basic white background.
The attention to detail is exceptional and includes text! Words under the fisherman state "The fish you eat today slept last night in the bay" and the artwork allows the viewer to see minute things such as the holes in cooking utensils to the fluffiness of a french poodle's coat.
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Fruity Fiesta: Feast Your Eyes on this Fruit-Themed Tablecloth
Fruity Fruit Punch! I think Carmen Miranda wants her headgear back. Clusters of eccentric fruits dance around the perimeter of this extraordinary tablecloth. The use of color and shading give it that perfect retro appeal.
Each piece of fruit was lovingly crafted to appear three dimensional, lifelike and good enough to get. I can just imagine biting into the juicy jade and periwinkle pineapples and digging into those shocking pink and blue pears. The interior of the cloth is dotted with luscious looking leaves and cheery cherries.
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Long Live the Tablecloth: My Mother's First Tablecloth Entry
After a long hiatus, my mother finally trudged on over to her closet to hand-pick her loomed beauties. Each of the vintage tablecloths shown on this blog were bought through vintage venues such as estate sales, garage sales and of course, the electronic marketplace, Ebay.
As with clothing styles, tablecloth styles were ever changing due to color and motif fads. Typically most of my mother’s tablecloths date from approximately circa 1930s to the late 1950s.
The most popular patterns were generally florals. You will often find boughs of statuesque hollyhocks to dainty daisies in a rainbow of colors. I swear these tablecloths have more flowers than a flower shop or a meadow.
My mother’s favorites are the whimsical, clever and kitschy motifs such as flamboyant, wildly-hued fruits to cheeky french chefs.
Below you will find the first entry in my mother’s tablecloth treasure trove. Hold onto your aprons, it's gonna be a bumpy textile tirade!
Romantic Rose
Demure sprays of roses with soft blue leaves in a ring formation flock this pretty tablecloth. The background color is a clean, snowy white. The roses are gently entwined within a rose-colored lattice that makes ones mind ponder the simplicity of yesteryear. I’m sure this tablecloth gave the owner’s dinner table a romantic, homespun country vibe.
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