Natural, Purple, Brown, & Pale Saxon Blue Checked Linen 

Linen cloth, such as this Natural, Purple, Brown, & Pale Saxon Blue Checked Linen, was woven of flax fiber in many grades and weaves. Used in every aspect of living, from clothing, to household needs, to furnishings, to the shroud made for the corpse, linen was so common that a tax was proposed as a source of easy revenue on the coarser sorts being imported into the US towards the end of the 18th century.

In the 18th century, the term “checked” referred to woven or printed patterns that intersected at right angles. Checked linens were used for aprons, shirts, trousers and linings, and household items such as toweling, bed hangings, and chair coverings. 

We feel this check is suitable c.1840 and later.

• Our Natural, Purple, Brown, & Pale Saxon Blue Checked Linen is .
• A Fabric
• Suitable for gowns, summer jackets, aprons, accessories, petticoats; men’s summer jackets, linings, waistcoats, and children’s garments.
  
• 100% Irish linen, 59 inches wide