Sunday Challenge

[figheadair]

This is one of the pieces I 'discovered' this week.

A little Sunday challenge. What do you see? Answers later today.

[Poohspot18]

Looks like either Handkerchiefs or Baby receiving blankets.

[figheadair]

Looks like either Handkerchiefs or Baby receiving blankets.

Perhaps I should have added that it's 52' x about 12' long. Some handkerchief

[MacRobert's Reply]

The size and white background suggest an arisaid. Happy, as ever, to be wrong!

[ForresterModern]

Perhaps I should have added that it's 52' x about 12' long. Some handkerchief

Peter I hope you meant 52 INCHES x about 12 FEET and your 52'x 12' has a slight typo in it, other wise it goes from a tablecloth to car cover for an 18 wheeler.

I note one of the ringes is purled, another diamond cut like a pair of common garment scissors might leave, something that I believe is a relatively new (20th century) invention. Also looks more like cotton than wool but of that I cannot be sure. Also not sure what the written tag on the far left says as I cannot mag it up enough to clearly read it, but thinki there might be the word "sale" typed there.

Maybe more ideas later.

[figheadair]

Typo indeed 52" it is - in total (clue). Delfinitely wool

I note one of the ringes is purled, another diamond cut like a pair of common garment scissors might leave, something that I believe is a relatively new (20th century) invention.

I don't understand what you mean. Are you referring to the knotted tassels on the upper right section?

Also not sure what the written tag on the far left says as I cannot mag it up enough to clearly read it, but thinki there might be the word "sale" typed there.

It says 'Said to have been worn by a woman hunting the battlefield of Culloden for wounded'.

If that's not a clue I don't know what is!

[Spartan Tartan]

Peter I hope you meant 52 INCHES x about 12 FEET and your 52'x 12' has a slight typo in it, other wise it goes from a tablecloth to car cover for an 18 wheeler.

[Paul Henry]

Typo indeed 52" it is - in total (clue). Delfinitely wool



I don't understand what you mean. Are you referring to the knotted tassels on the upper right section?



It says 'Said to have been worn by a woman hunting the battlefield of Culloden for wounded'.

If that's not a clue I don't know what is!

Forrester means, the fringe ( sometimes called purling)
and has miss identified the joining/hemming by red crossed stitches , as cut by pinking shears....

[ForresterModern]

Forrester means, the fringe ( sometimes called purling)
and has miss identified the joining/hemming by red crossed stitches , as cut by pinking shears....

Thank you Paul. I mistook the zig zag joining stitches as a "pinked" cut edge because my screen is only 10 inches on my little travelling laptop. More clearly seen as red join stitching on my 23 inch desktop now.

Peter's Culloden reference means it must be at least 350 -400 years old, and his clue about "total" width means it is presumably joined along the long centerline from two pieces, but it also appears joined cross ways at least once along its length as well.

Again it appears to be something other than wool, lighter in weight, possibly cotton or linen. I am not familiar with the mostly white field with the clustered pink and blue stripes. 12 feet sems long for an airisaid, but not necessarily for something like a funeral shroud?

more thinking to do.

j

[Mark's Mom]

She's pretty confident to wear white out to hunt bodies.