linen
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At various times, the Tapestry’s fabric has been stabilized by stitching it onto linen lining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
She’s in a vintage black linen skirt, with a top that’s also vintage black linen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Digital disaffection has bled into our lives like dye onto white linen, creeping through every inch of the fabric until it’s covered in amorphous patterns of color; some beautiful, some painfully ugly.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
It said the tell-tale signs of bedbugs include red, irritating bites and small blood smears on bed linen; and small brown insects in or around the sleeping area.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
There’s a table at one end, with a heavy linen tablecloth and three place settings.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
“Sometimes they want to put their personal linens in there. They’ve got pictures in there. Like why are your pictures in my room? I don’t want to know who’s renting to me,” she jokes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Tables were dressed in green linens and had seasonal spring bouquets featuring butterfly ranunculus, phlox, and lily of the valley.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
She still had the linens, socks and kitchen equipment of three functioning households.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 21, 2025
It was vaguely surreal, coming from the chaotic rebel energy of the Sliwa party into a sterile ballroom with white linens and several open bars serving endless glasses of house red and white wines.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2025
Once, it was filled with things she sewed, like holiday linens and napkins, crocheted baby blankets.
From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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