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I love church sales that open for a few hours late on Fridays. It is a great time to sneak out and find some deals while decompressing from a busy week.
This week has been particularly hectic for me, as I spent the majority of my time scrambling to catch up from my long absence due to back-to-back trips over the past two weeks. So all day I have been looking forward to a quick trip down the block to a sale Kate mentioned to me early this morning. Fortunately it turned out to be a worthwhile excursion!
We've been finding Vera napkins fairly regularly lately, which is great. These, however, are the first we've found "in the wild" to still be in their original packaging. They are also the smaller "cocktail" size, which we have fewer of in our linen closet. To top it off, the set is complete — six matching napkins!
As far as Vera designs go, these are a bit odd. First, they seem to be cut from a larger sheet, where each piece is a unique cutout from that larger pattern. Most often her designs were made specifically for the size of the finished linen. Second, the Vera signature in the design itself (which incidentally only appears on one of our 6 napkins) is an earlier version with a small "V" and no copyright, while the logo on the tags and box are later "large "V" signatures. I can only wonder if this was an early fabric design that was repurposed in the 1970's or 80's to be manufactured as napkins. If anyone has insight they'd like to share, I'm all ears.
Found on August 15, 2008 in Champaign, IL.
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