Lace Shirt - M/L sesami-service Signs of wear and repair

Signs of wear and repair reflect their utilitarian use and the skilled craftsmanship of early American weavers

it was purchased

and the kind of weight that only comes with age

This is the STAN shirt block — simple

Lace Shirt - M/L sesami-service Signs of wear and repairOne of one 19th century American Provenance Cut from a 19th century American lace dining table linen, finished with a scalloped hem. In the 19th century, a fine lace tablecloth was among the most status laden objects in the domestic interior brought out for formal dining, carefully laundered, and stored between uses as a marker of household refinement. Lace of this quality was rarely made at home; it was purchased, gifted, or inherited, and treated