Napkins Collection

Acme Moustache Guard
The Acme Moustache Guard. Solid comfort while eating. No use for napkins - does not interfere with use of mouth. Made of gold or silver plate. Everyone should have one!

Advert, Hay and Robertson, Dunfermline, Scotland
Advert for Hay and Robertson, Linen and Cotton Manufacturers, St Margarets Works, Dunfermline, Scotland. 1905

A Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs cup and saucer, with matching table cloth and table napkins or serviettes. Date: 1930s

Andrew Reid & Co, Textile Manufacturers, Dunfermline
Advert for Andrew Reid & Co, Linen Damasks, Napkins, Cloths, D Oyleys, Diapers etc, Pilmuir Works, Dunfermline, Scotland. 1905

Luchows Famous Restaurant, New York City, USA
Luchows Famous Restaurant, East 14th Street, New York City, USA, decorated with many flags. Date: circa 1920

Five cats and a dog on a cutout Christmas card. The cats are enjoying their Christmas dinner, watched hungrily by the dog. Date: circa 1890s

Gage & Tollners, New York City, USA
Gage & Tollner s, Oyster and Chop House, Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York City, USA. A reminder of crinoline days -- looks now just as it did then. Date: circa 1910s

The Lobster, New York City, USA
The Lobster, Oyster and Chop House, West 45th Street, New York City, USA, with views of the main dining room and the cave. Date: circa 1920s

Zuccas Italian Garden, New York City, USA
Zuccas Italian Garden, West 49th Street, New York City, USA. Date: circa 1920

Serving boy carries pile of folded napkins - Colmans Starch
A serving boy carrying a teetering pile of folded napkins, held in place due to the effectiveness of Colmans Starch. Date: 19th century

Family Christmas Dinner - 1950s. The young boy (front left) is wearing his Christmas present - a Martian Space Outfit. Date: early 1950s

American soldiers at Citroen Munitions, France, WW1
American soldiers lunching at Citroen Munitions in France during the First World War. Date: August 1918

Banquet at a Symbolic Lodge
Members of a Lodge, with napkins over their shoulders and arms extended, propose a toast. Date: 1890s

Tea for Two by Muriel Dawson
Two young children sit at a trestle table and enjoy a snack, possibly elevenses or supper

Table napkins
Six ways to fold napkins. Top left, Victorian fan; right, Cornet; centre left, Water Lily; right, Swan; bottom left, Mitre; right, Pocket fold

Children Eating Soup
Two children, neatly dressed, and with napkins around their necks tuck in enthusiastically to a steaming bowl of Campbells vegetable soup

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