Linen and wool

Article 81 Linen and woolen goods 

The list below is the order in which these items appear in Maria's inventory.

Summary totals compared to her peer group (Achter de Gevels 452).

  total average Maria's
sheets 1194 60 47
pillowcases 1922 96 157

tablecloths

tafelkleed
tafellaken


120
705

6
35


45
napkins/handtowels 5965 298 458

 


Sheets and pillowcases

12 large sheets (laken) and pillowcase? (scheel) 4 pair pillow cases (sloopen), 8 pair ditto, 9 pair ditto, 11 pair ditto
13 small sheets 18 unpaired pillowcases
2 sheets 1 ?? uneven? (unpaired?) (best oneffe) pillowcase
4 unpaired sheets 11 old pillowcases
3 sheets 21 various pillowcases
1 ditto 1 parge pillowcase. 5 pair ditto
1 pair large sheets 26 old pillowcases
1 pair sheets, 1 pair ditto, 1 pair ditto, 1 pair ditto, 1 ditto 5 small pillowcases
Total (counting pairs as 2): 47 sheets Total (counting pairs as 2): 157 pillowcases

 


Tablecloths

A large tablecloth (tafellaken) A good (alderbest) damask tablecloth with 13 napkins, unsewn, on the conquest of Belgrade
2 ditto smaller A large damask tablecloth, 2 damask ditto ?? (grootwerk)
2 ditto smaller 3 tablecloths
7 tablecloths, various 1 damask ditto
5 ditto various 3 smaller tablecloths
2 tablecloths: 3 ditto, 3 ditto 4 ditto each of broad linen? (enkel de breettens)
A small narrow ditto 4 tablecloths various, 6 old ditto
  Total: 45 tablecloths

 


Napkins and handtowels

31 large rose napkins? (roosservetten) 6 ditto
18 ditto 11 ditto Slezeriks
10 ditto small rose 6 napkins
24 roses and squares? (ruijtjes) napkins 7 ditto various
12 large rose napkins with little logs? (blokjes) 11 ditto various
17 rose napkins 12 napkins
12 square? napkins: 20 ditto 12 ditto
11 large squared napkins 12 ditto
12 ?? (paveij) napkins 17 ditto
9 napkins, 3 ditto 19 ditto, various
3 damask napkins, ?? (grootwerk) 1 ?? (handdwaal, paveij)
1 napkin 6 napkin handtowels (handdoeken), various
16 napkins 9 linen handtowels, 6 ditto
12 ditto 6 ditto various
10 ditto, 6 ditto, 6 ditto, 6 ditto, 7 ditto 3 napkin handtowels
9 ditto new Slezeriks? damask 9 linen ditto
11 ditto 4 small ditto
8 ditto 4 napkin handtowels, various
12 ditto 4 linen ditto, various
  Total (445 + 13 from above): 458 napkins

 


Curtains, chimney cloths, wall hangings, and miscellaneous

3 white lace curtains (glasgordijntjes) 1 pair moquette (trijpt) travel bag (reijszakje)
2 green tablecloths and valance
A white chimney cloth (schoorsteenkleed), 2 chimneycloths, various 1 blue chimney cloth A few pieces of wall hanging
2 white linen lace curtains, 1 ditto 1 ditto lace curtain
A green tablecloth
A muslin (neteldoek) chimney cloth with lace (kant), 3 linen ditto with lace A package of old wall hangings
3 green pieces
2 muslin chimney cloths 1 blue kronesaaij tablecloth and valance 4 green valances
3 napkin ?? (kasdoekjes) 3 geblomde cushions (kussens) A red valance
14 old ?? (kasdoekjes), 10 ditto various 1 ditto smaller A few pieces bed ticking (bedditijk)
15 napkin cloths 2 pieces blue ?? (carsaij)
2 baije pieces
4 firebags (brandsakken), raw linen A package with fur (bont) 2 green small tablecloths
2 bottlebags (flessezakken) A few chamois (leather) (zeeme) pieces
A green curtain and small rabatje
4 pieces (lapjes) new linen A few black things (swart goed) A patroonlap, 1 bondeltje met patroonen
A linen clothing bag (kleerzak) 4 old lace curtains, 2 old serge (saije) ditto 2 carpet pillows (kussens)
3 striped lace curtains A piece ?? roodvries 2 small old pillows
A green cloth curtain A green cloth and 1 napkin, 4 tablecloths
2 pair ditto
A chimney cloth 4 various chair cushions (kussens)
11 pillows
A yellow wall hanging (behangsel) consisting of 6 pieces 4 ditto, 6 carpets (tapijte) ditto, 2 pair ditto, 4 trijpte ditto 1 old wall hanging
2 yellow lace curtains and 2 ditto valances (rabatjes), 2 green lace curtains and valance 1 green chimney cloth, 1 carpet ditto, 1 green saaij ditto  
     

 

peuluw or peluw - bolster

kussen - cushion

tafelkleed and tafellaken - the dictionary says that the tafellaken covered the table during meals and the tafelkleed covered it at other times. The notaries do not seem to have made that distinction.