I collect antique linen. When my daughter got married, I wanted something extra special in the linen department. The best way to do that…use my collection!
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| My favorite Needle Lace Cloth! |
The bride and groom sweetheart table had a French Cluny Lace tablecloth.
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| French Cluny Lace |
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| Pt. De Venise inserts in this tablecloth with filet lace borders |
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| My favorite Appenzell cloth |
Appenzell is wonderful. It is probably my favorite type of lace. I’ll have to blog about it sometime.
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| Tablecloth loaded with punchwork and embroidery. |
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| Tablecloth with punchwork. |
The guest book is sitting on a wonderful Madeira tablecloth. There is a ton of detailed work that is typically found on Italian reticella. This Maderia cloth is extremely rare and very expensive. If you find one, don’t let it get away!
The guest book table had another wonderful Madeira organdy tablecloth on it. I wanted to mix it up a bit. This is the shot at the reception. I don’t have a shot of it in the garden at the wedding.
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| Details of Maderia organdy tablecloth on guest book table.
Originally I had planned on using the cloth below, but it was too small. I picked up some Borghese cherub statues to use on the table–they looked lovely with the black urns.
We had a table of wedding photos with a centerpiece of this lovely dress made out of an old spring, decorated with tiny vintage pieces of old lace!
 
I used 16 tablecloths with needle lace and filet lace inserts. The library had the gift table and I put a piece of french net lace on the bar.
Below is the center medallion. It is quite lovely and romantic.
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In all, the use of the antique linen was a success. I washed all the damask napkins, which were a breeze…. Laundry hints: don’t do a heavy spin, it leaves creases in the napkins…. and run through a mangle on completion, you can iron about 120 in an hour! I can’t take credit, my brother did it all for me. Thanks Lenny.
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| Punchwork Embroidered Tablecloth |
You can find me from time to time selling antique linens on Ebay: antique-monograms— I need to share some of my fabulous finds, I don’t have room for more!
Oh wow! Everything is so beautiful! You really do have a table cloth collection, and they are all divine! Every detail is gorgeous! I like that little cherub statue. How did you ever get enough of those chairs?! Are they antique?Thanks for sharing all that beauty!Gina
Hi Gina, The chairs are called chiavari chairs and rental companies have them. They're not antique, but thank heavens they had a cushion, they were very comfortable.
Hi I need to buy. How can i contact you