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Casacalenda, Molise, Italy | | Date: made in the early 1960s | | Notes: Hand-crocheted decorative panel made by Assunta Melfi in the 1960s for her granddaughter's wedding bedspread. | Contributed by: Madeline
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Guardialfiera, Molise, Italy | | Date: made in the 1930s | Notes: This home spun, hand embroidered towel was made by the contributor's mother for her linen trousseau.
Photo: Olga Palazzo. | Contributed by: Olga Palazzo
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Guardialfiera, Molise, Italy | | Date: made in the 1910s | Notes: These curtains were crocheted by the contributor's grandmother for her linen trousseau.
Photo: Mary Melfi. | Contributed by: Rita Palazzo
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Guardialfiera, Molise, Italy | | Date: made in the 1930s | Notes: This vintage home spun linen tablecloth belonged to the contributor's Italian-born mother.
Photo: Olga Palazzo. | Contributed by: Rita Palazzo
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Guardialfiera, Molise, Italy | | Date: made in the 1930s | | Notes: A detail from a towel embroidered by the contributor's mother, Angelica Palazzo, for her linen trousseau. | Contributed by: Maria Bracaglia
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Guardialfiera, Molise, Italy | | Date: made in the 1910s | Notes: These linen curtains were embroidered by the contributor's grandmother for her linen trousseau.
Photo: Mary Melfi. | Contributed by: Rita Palazzo
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Guardialfiera, Molise, Italy | | Date: made in the early 1930s | | Notes: Homespun embroidered linen towels made by the contributor's mother, Angelica Palazzo, for her linen trousseau. | Contributed by: Maria Bracaglia
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Casacalenda, Molise, Italy | | Date: made in the 1910s | Notes: This home spun linen kitchen towel was made by Assunta Melfi, the contributor's maternal great grandmother.
Photo: Mary Melfi. | Contributed by: Joanne Alfieri
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Casacalenda, Molise, Italy | | Date: made in the 1920s | | Notes: The home-spun linen towel was made by the contributor's grandmother, Madeline DiTullio. In the 1920s most women in the Molise countryside had looms and knew how to use them to make bedsheets and kitchen towels. Not only did young girls use the looms to make the pieces needed for their linen trousseaus, often, their mothers helped them with the work. | Contributed by: Madeline DiTullio's granddaughter
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Casacalenda, Molise, Italy | | Date: 1890s | | Notes: This hand embroidered, homespun linen pillow case with hand-made crochet lace edging was made by the contributor's sister's mother-in-law, Carmela Lala, for her linen trousseau. | Contributed by: Rosina Melfi
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