Table Linen Page


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Here are some of my woven table linens.

baroque1.jpg 24 shaft Fickinger design (1740s) on a painted warp.

One of my favorite designs.
CIMG1491.JPG Another Frickinger design - a modern interpretation of a 1740's design. First time I used all 32 shafts of my loom.

8 block broken twill damask weave.
Cottons with painted warp.
CIMG1511.JPG Another interpretation of the above Frickinger design. White cotton warp. Broken twill damask.
fricking.JPG Another interpretation of the above Frickinger design. A different tie up. White cotton warp. Broken twill damask.
dam3.jpg Damask weaves from John Landis.
Cottons. 3 block 5 shaft satin weave.
dam4.jpg Damask patterns from a Danish source dated approximately 1716.

Cottons. 3 block 5 shaft satin weave.
damint1.jpg Interpretation of Frickinger pattern (see document image below).

Cotton & linen. 5 block 5 shaft satin weave, 25 shafts.
plcset3.jpg Interpretation of Frickinger pattern (see document image below), with plate and star & diamond type twill napkin.

plsetdoc.jpg Example pages of Frickinger's 1740 draft book. From Ars Textrina, vol. 25, Aug. 1996, trans. Patricia Hilts.



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