Vintage Rare Hand-Embroidered Tea Towels "Dutch Twins" Unusual 7 Days of Week

Description: Rare Style: Vintage Tea Towels "Dutch Twins" 7 Days of Chores on Each Day of Week Item Description: Add a touch of timeless charm to your kitchen with this beautiful set of vintage hand-embroidered kitchen towels. Each towel represents one day of the week and features delightful Dutch Twin figures engaged in various chore activities each day of the week. The intricate hand embroidery showcases the fine craftsmanship and attention to detail from a bygone era, making this set a true collector's piece. Each towel features a blue border and a cotton loop for hanging on a hook, conveniently.Theme: Bonnet Figures Doing Chores - One to represent each day of the week "Sunday, Iron Day, Bake Day, Market Day, Cleaning Day, Gardening Day" Material: 100% Cotton flour sack styleCondition: Excellent vintage condition, showing minimal wear with no stains, tears, or major flaws. Each towel has been carefully preserved and remains clean and vibrant, laundered and ironedSize: Approximately 14 inches x 22 inches unfolded, smaller size for folding over on stove handle or hookEmbroidery: Hand-embroidered. Art appears lower center on every towel Perfect for vintage lovers, these towels can be used for daily kitchen chores and skip the paper towels! Don't miss the chance to own a unique piece of embroidery history. Shipping US only please. 20th and 21st Century Tea TowelsIn the early 20th century, American housewives - in good democratic tradition - would often reuse rough cotton animal feed sacks by cutting them up into dish towels (also known as 'flour sack towels'). Not content with their unfinished appearance, however, they embroidered them with intricate patterns, despite the difficulty of working with the coarse weave of the sacks.This tradition of decorating tea towels and using them for creative expression arguably become more important to many people than their obvious functional utility. When materials are brought into the home, we often want them to say something about our tastes - whether items of clothing or kitchen accessories (what are tea towels and apron really but clothing for the kitchen?). Sadly, later in the 20th century many households moved away from tea towels and began using more paper towels instead.

Price: 19.99 USD

Location: Chicago, Illinois

End Time: 2024-12-08T00:53:07.000Z

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