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Re: colossal napkins
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Amy West <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:01:26 -0500
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Those napkins are a heckuvalot bigger than my grandmother's. Hers 
measure 26 by 29 inches. And yes, there's a set of 12 of hers as well.

---Amy West

>From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
>Behalf Of Claire Kuhlmann
>Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 5:39 PM
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>Subject: colossal napkins
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>Our curator was recently sifting through accession records and came across
>one that documented a set of 12 damask napkins monogrammed "WLJ" c.1860s.
>The peculiar thing is that they apparenlty measure 50 inches by 22 inches.

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