Description

We call these “worteldoek”. Freely translated that means carrot cloth. The name came from German farm workers who traveled from Germany over Europe. They had in these kind of cloths their belongings and tools to harvest the carrots. The noble picked up on the patterns and made them fashionable as Kashmir patterns, hence the paisley shawl. Eventually they had all kind of use eg. behind a coat rack, in a triangle to keep the chalk from the coats. And later on as a shawl.

Gorgeous antique Dutch Paisley shawl/table cloth. Typical Dutch folklore item. Usable on both sides. Not sure where it is made of.

There are a few fringes missing. One of the side with the brown fringes is turned over, I think because it frayed a bit. Overall in very good condition.
Appr. 40 1/2″ or 103 cm long and 40 1/4″ wide or 102 cm. Fringes on the sides, fringes not included in the size.

We sell used parts, taken from used clocks. New parts and new old stock parts. They are bound to have signs of use, may be in need of cleaning. They might look slightly different then pictured due to production process differences. The colours could be slightly different. Collaborating pictures are shown for reference and are never, unless clearly specified, part of the sale.