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
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>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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