Details
GROUP OF ROOSEVELT TABLE AND BED LINENS
Including:
A PATTERNED LINEN BED SPREAD COVER
With printed monogram FDR for FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT in capital letters
THIRTY-FIVE LINEN PLACE MATS
Comprising: twelve placements with field border monogrammed at upper left ER 13 x 19 1/2 inches; together with twenty-three scallop-edged place mats, monogrammed on upper left ER in script, 17 1/2 x 11 inches
A PAIR OF PATTERNED LINEN AND BLUE APPLIQUE MONOGRAMMED BLANKET COVERS Monogrammed at center AER for Anna Eleanor Roosevelt in capital roman letters
80 x 63 inches
TWO BLUE LINEN ITEMS
One a bed sheet and one a pillow case, monogrammed AER in a triangle, with capital roman letters
74 x 72 inches (the bed sheet)
FOURTEEN LINEN HAND TOWELS
Of various colors, sizes and patterns, variously monogrammed R,ER,R in a diamond
The largest: 34 x 19 inches
A GROUP OF BLUE TERRY CLOTH MONOGRAMMED TOWELS
Each monogrammed with I.B.R. (for Irene Boyd Roosevelt, John Roosevelt's wife), including linen with the monogram I.B.R. flanked by scrolls, comprising:
Three bath towels
Four hand towels
Two tub mats
Two face cloths
Ten monogrammed simply I.B.R.,
comprising:
Four bath towels, 26 x 45 inches
Four hand towels
Two face cloths
Eleven monogrammed I.B.R. in a diamond,
comprising:
Six bath towels
Two tub mats
Three hand towels
Six hand towels, monogrammed I.B.R. in script
Four hand towels monogrammed R in a diamond
Together approximately 117 pieces. (117)
Including:
A PATTERNED LINEN BED SPREAD COVER
With printed monogram FDR for FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT in capital letters
THIRTY-FIVE LINEN PLACE MATS
Comprising: twelve placements with field border monogrammed at upper left ER 13 x 19 1/2 inches; together with twenty-three scallop-edged place mats, monogrammed on upper left ER in script, 17 1/2 x 11 inches
A PAIR OF PATTERNED LINEN AND BLUE APPLIQUE MONOGRAMMED BLANKET COVERS Monogrammed at center AER for Anna Eleanor Roosevelt in capital roman letters
80 x 63 inches
TWO BLUE LINEN ITEMS
One a bed sheet and one a pillow case, monogrammed AER in a triangle, with capital roman letters
74 x 72 inches (the bed sheet)
FOURTEEN LINEN HAND TOWELS
Of various colors, sizes and patterns, variously monogrammed R,ER,R in a diamond
The largest: 34 x 19 inches
A GROUP OF BLUE TERRY CLOTH MONOGRAMMED TOWELS
Each monogrammed with I.B.R. (for Irene Boyd Roosevelt, John Roosevelt's wife), including linen with the monogram I.B.R. flanked by scrolls, comprising:
Three bath towels
Four hand towels
Two tub mats
Two face cloths
Ten monogrammed simply I.B.R.,
comprising:
Four bath towels, 26 x 45 inches
Four hand towels
Two face cloths
Eleven monogrammed I.B.R. in a diamond,
comprising:
Six bath towels
Two tub mats
Three hand towels
Six hand towels, monogrammed I.B.R. in script
Four hand towels monogrammed R in a diamond
Together approximately 117 pieces. (117)
Provenance
Eleanor Roosevelt used at Val-Kill, Hyde Park, N.Y.