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Show LINENS IN THE FOREFRONT . . . When you put one 'of the new Irish linen cloths, now in production, produc-tion, on the table, the damask design de-sign will fall on the otherwise empty corners of the table. Another An-other innovation is the use of different dif-ferent motifs in each of the corners. cor-ners. For instance, there will be a bunch of roses to the right of the host and daisies to his left and at the opposite end marguerites balanced bal-anced by lilies of the valley. The lasting quality of linen is again demonstrated iby a recent textile exhibit at the Belfast Museum Mu-seum and Art Gallery. The collection collec-tion included 18th and 19th century handwoven Irish linen damasks as , well as hand embroidered pieces. But these 300-year-old linens might be considered modern in comparison with some Egyptian pieces shown in the exhibition. SThese were woven in the 5th and 6th centuries a thousand years before Columbus discovered America. Amer-ica. New decorating ideas can usually usual-ly be found in the movies and they are not always way beyond the reach of an average purse. In the David O. Selznick production of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Para-dine Para-dine Case," the long dining table is shown covered with an Irish linen damask cloth which has a three-inch edging of Venise lace. This is certainly a short cut for dressing up an old Irish linen damask da-mask cloth, or for giving added elegance ele-gance to a new one. For the wedding gift of linens, presented to Princess Elizabeth by the people of Northern Ireland, all items were pure white by request. The gift included every piece of linen the world's most famous bride would need for her personal and household use from linen damask da-mask tablecloths of a quality rare- , ly seen to ready and willing glass and kitchen towels. All these linens were monogram-med monogram-med with the letter E and a crown, skillfully hand embroidered by home workers in the cottages of Ulster. |