Linen cloth, such as this Pink, Off-White, Burgundy, and Pale Saxon Green Plaid Linen, was woven of flax fiber in many grades and weaves. Used in every aspect of living, from clothing, to household needs, to furnishings, to the shroud made for the corpse, linen was so common that a tax was proposed as a source of easy revenue on the coarser sorts being imported into the US towards the end of the 18th century.
The color combination and style of this Pink, Off-White, Burgundy, and Pale Saxon Green Plaid Linen is not one we have seen in our research of linen checks, therefore we feel it would be better suited to an 1840's onwards project.
