Textiles. Cream coloured huckaback fabric tea towel. Embossed wreath pattern in lines. Short edges hemmed. Long edges selvedge. Old box 573.textiles, domestic, huckaback tea towel

Textiles. Cream coloured huckaback fabric tea towel. Embossed wreath pattern in lines. Short edges hemmed. Long edges selvedge. Old box 573.textiles, domestic

This table linen was bought from the Indian hawker, Budda Dean, by Henry Powell for his daughter, Ruth, to start her "glory box" on her 18th birthday. Selina Jane Powell and Henry James Powell had daughters, Ruth (married Roy Cope), Ethel (married Dan Locke). The family came to Orbost from Bega around 1902.This item is an example of a fine piece of linen commonly used in the first half of the 20th century..1 is a square table cloth. The centre is linen and the edges are crocheted in cotton. It appears to be hand-made. .2 is a rectangular tea towel or cloth. It is of a huckaback weave with a crocheted edge. .3 is a square cotton table napkin with a scalloped edge. .4 is a square cotton table napkin with a scalloped edge.linen tableware powell-henry-james handcraft