~*~ This beautiful pillow cover dates from c1920's ~This textile has a front woven cotton fabric of red, and white plaid. Each side is made of the same fabric! It's a medium to heavy weight linen ~ ready to be stuffed with a feather insert and then bows tied, ta dah!~ Simple and beautiful ~


The word Kelsch is a Germanic word, taken from "Kolnisch Blau", which refers to a plant grown primarily as animal feed whose leaves and stems were the sources of an old blue dye. For centuries (as early as the 7th century) the plant, along with hemp and linen, was the main crop cultivated in eastern France and neighboring Germany. In the 18th century, the word kelsch came to describe the hand-woven linen and hemp cloths made in the French region of Alsace, usually woven by poor rural farmers. These textiles were hand loomed on narrow looms and seamed together by their selvages to form wider widths for larger textiles. When pillow cover and mattress covers were created using these wonderful fabrics, they were sew together in large or small envelopes with openings for stuffing. These textiles were either stuffed with straw or feathers for use as mattress covers, duvet covers and pillow cases ~*~


MEASUREMENTS : ~This piece measures 24 inches wide and is 20 inches long ~


CONDITION : This textile is in as found, not freshly laundered condition and it can be machine washed and hung to dry ~ wonderful condition, it feels very much unused!


Lib. : FF41