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A GROUP OF ROOSEVELT TABLE AND BED LINENS
Including:

TWELVE EMBROIDERED IVORY-COLORED LINEN NAPKINS AND A TABLE CLOTH
Monogrammed ER with a stylized spray of flowers
100 x 32 inches

TWO LINEN BED SHEETS
The first monogrammed ER for Eleanor Roosevelt in cursive capital letters, the second monogrammed ER in capital roman letters
First: 98 x 69 1/2 inches
Second 98 x 69 1/2 inches

TWO LINEN PILLOW CASES
With field borders, monogrammed ER in roman letters
22 x 32 inches

A PATTERNED LINEN BLANKET COVER
Inscribed along corner E.R. GUEST ROOM in black ink
82 x 71 inches

FOUR TABLE TOP COVERS
Variously embroidered linen and open crotchet work
The largest: 36 x 36

A GROUP OF PINK TERRY CLOTH TOWELS
Variously monogrammed I.B.R. (for Irene Boyd Roosevelt, John Roosevelt's wife), comprising: a group monogrammed in white I.B.R. in script, one side with velour mount, including:
Six bath towels, 52 x 26 1/2 inches
Two tub mats
Four large hand towels
Six small hand towels
Comprising a group monogrammed in white I.B.R. in a diamond, comprising:
Six bath towels, 52 x 26 1/2 inches
Four hand towels
Two tub mats
Four hand towels with fringe
together with:
A white terry cloth tub mat, monogrammed in blue I.B.R., flanked on either side by scrolls

Together approximately 56 pieces. (56)
Provenance
Eleanor Roosevelt used at Val-Kill, Eleanor Roosevelt's house at Hyde Park.

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