Can you tell me what this is?
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No picture just a description. I have a vintage linen from my MIL's estate. It is made in France, white cotton muslin tube, 8' long and 16.5" wide. It has cotton eyelet lace on both ends and is open (not sewn shut) on the ends (16.5" sides). I originally thought it was a really long pillow case but NOT. I have no idea what this is but am curious. Any ideas? Ann in TN
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Is it a place to store bed pillows in when not in use during the day, or maybe a bed runner? I have some similar that are not tubes from my Italian GM that just laid over the pillows (part of her wedding linens)
#6
It's called "traversin". Not sure of the name in English. A long bolster maybe? LOL
http://www.google.ca/search?q=traver...ls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1680&bih=855
http://www.google.ca/search?q=traver...ls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1680&bih=855
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Originally Posted by ncredbird
No picture just a description. I have a vintage linen from my MIL's estate. It is made in France, white cotton muslin tube, 8' long and 16.5" wide. It has cotton eyelet lace on both ends and is open (not sewn shut) on the ends (16.5" sides). I originally thought it was a really long pillow case but NOT. I have no idea what this is but am curious. Any ideas? Ann in TN
#9
I just assumed that because it has no closed end that it was not a pillowcase. Also my pillowcases are quite a bit wider than this. A standard pillow would have to be scrunched up quite a bit to get it in there. I could see it being the item that is tied closed with ribbon. Then it would make some sense but it's long side is still wider than our king sized bed, and I don't think they had king sized beds when this was made. Ann in TN
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