Vintage Organdy Pink Ivy Madeira Embroidered Applique Marghab Tablecloth 4Napkin for Sale

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Vintage Organdy Pink Ivy Madeira Embroidered Applique Marghab Tablecloth 4Napkin For Sale

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Vintage Organdy Pink Ivy Madeira Embroidered Applique Marghab Tablecloth 4Napkin:
$113.63

All vintage items are sold \'as is\'. Some may show signs of wear, others may have marks, or odours from age, storage, or perfume. Collectors of vintage items would know that this is a part of the vintage charm. Please don\'t expect vintage items to be in an as \"new condition\". Otherwise, you will most likely be disappointed :-) Any major flaws, 6 defects will be included in the description.

Absolute stunning hand made supper cloth from the legendary Marghab Company, see info below

Confirmed pattern number 888

The cloth is a pale pink the napkins an ivory colour

Which you will find at this link

The Fabric is known as Margandie, A fabric Vera had made in Switzerland, and made on the island of Madeira, see story below

So many stitch elements, blanket stitch, satin stitch, applique ivy leaves, small amount of cut work, replique hem, and more

Highly highly collectible Marghab set, tablecloth and 4 napkins

Last 3 photos are examples of the ivy pattern no 888, in one photo is the same cloth, but no matching napkins

There are so many hours of advanced skilled work displayed in this one. The Portuguese Embroiderers were paid by the stitch, see info bellow Marghab linens

Tablecloth Measures 85cm x 83cm

Napkins measure 28cm x 28cm

DATES TO BETWEEN 1940 and 1960

IT IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, with absolutely no damage, stains or repairs,

Now highly collectible for Antique Linen Collectors as they are just not made anymore to these advance handmade standards,

Perfect for Afternoon Tea\'s, Drinks with the girls, Wedding Cake Table, Birthday Cakes, High Tea, so many options.

Marghab Linens Ltd. was a company specialising in table linens founded on Madeira in 1933 by British Cypriot Emile Marghab and his South Dakotan wife Vera (née Way); and disestablished in 1980. The company was also known as Emile Marghab Inc.

Since 1850, when Madeiran natives were introduced to hand embroidery as a means of industry, the islands had been renowned for their needlework. The Marghabs took advantage of this reputation, producing textiles that were skilfully hand-embroidered on the highest quality Irish linen and a form of organdy called margandie in Switzerland, and harder wearing than usual organdy. The linens were designed by Vera, and hand-embroidered as a home industry by the women on Madeira, who Vera insisted received payment per stitch - which for a single place mat could amount to seventy thousand stitches.

Marghab linens were retailed through leading American department stores such as Lord & Taylor, Marshall Field\'s, and Neiman Marcus and even David Jones in Australia

In 1945 Vera Marghab was awarded the Neiman Marcus Fashion Award. Emile died in 1947, and his wife took charge of the business until its disestablishment in 1980. She died in 1995.

In 1970, the South Dakota Art Museum were gifted nearly eight hundred examples of Marghab linens, followed by many gifts from Vera and her trustees. The Marghab Gallery was dedicated in 1970. As of 2015, the museum\'s holdings are described as the world\'s most complete collection of Marghab linens, with over three hundred patterns and almost 2800 objects. The museum holds at least one example of almost every design produced, but deaccessioned and sold off all the duplicates at sale in 2005 in order to raise money for building work.At the time of the sale, it was noted that Marghab linens had previously sold for hundreds of dollars over their reserve prices, and that it was extremely difficult to find matched sets.