Light Lilac Crossbar Sheer Linen

Linen cloth, such as this Light Lilac Crossbar Sheer 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.

• Our Light Lilac Crossbar Sheer Linen is and slightly sheer.
• Suitable for late 18th c and 19th c gowns, aprons, ruffs, sleeve ruffles, bosom ruffles, tuckers, handkerchiefs, caps and children’s wear.
  

• 100% Irish Linen, 60 inches wide.