Description: Vintage Hand-Embroidered 100% Cotton Flour Sack Style Tea Towels Dutch Twins 7 Days of Chores Adorable Set 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 child figures engaged in various daily chores for 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.Theme: Dutch Girl Figures Doing Chores - One to represent each day of the week 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 22 inches x 14 inches unfolded.Embroidery: Hand-embroidered. Art appears lower center on every towel, back includes blue stripes (see photos)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: 23.99 USD
Location: Chicago, Illinois
End Time: 2025-01-24T02:42:03.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Number of Items in Set: 7
Antique: No
Shape: Rectangular
Occasion: All Occasions
Size: dish towel
Custom Bundle: No
Item Length: see photos
Department: Adult
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Number in Pack: 7
Item Height: see photos
Style: 1950s
Features: Embroidered
Item Width: see photos
Handmade: Yes
Pattern: All-Over
Color: White
Item Diameter: see photos
Material: Cotton, Flour Sack
Set Includes: Tea Towel
Franchise: na
California Prop 65 Warning: na
Brand: Homemade
Type: Flour Sack Towels
Theme: Household Chores
Time Period Manufactured: 1950-1959
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
