Vintage hemp linen grain sack 124 x 49cm

 Pretty medium weight vintage linen sack. Pale, nubby with blue stripes.

This fabric was painstakingly home loomed and has a lovely home woven quality. Hungarian linen is world renowned  and highly sought after for its quality.

Uses

These grain sacks have many uses from upholstery, to bath mats , blinds, laundry bags, table runners, bolster cushions… the list goes on. Vintage  grain sacks make fantastic floor or bench cushions.  We can supply sack size feather fillers from £24

Vintage grain sacks come in a variety of weaves and stripe colours.  The stripe indictaed to the mill the owner of the sack, ensuring that the milled grain was returned back to the correct owner. Some of these sacks also have beautiful hand embroidered monograms. It seems incredible to us now that such work went into creating  such an item.

These sacks have been  hand woven, mostly from home spun vintage linen hemp. Hemp  softens and lightens with age and washing. These sacks date from the early 1900s to about 1940.  The cloth is fantastic and  the sacks are full of character. 

Care

Vintage grain sacks  are very strong , they were after all, made to carry heavy grain. They can be machine washed.
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