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Washable Velvet Placemats by Ann Gish

Luxurious velvet is classic elegance.  There are few fabrics that compare in softness, richness and sophistication.  Ann Gish has designed fabulous quilted velvet placemats that are both sumptuous and washable!  A perfect combination! 

Velvet has long been considered a most valuable fabric.  While some historians attribute the earliest velvet production to Palermo, Sicily, others contend that the fabric was first created in the Persian city of Kathifet...the name of which means velvet.  In any event, Italian production of velvet began in the twelfth century continuing through the eighteenth century was the largest in the entire world.
For centuries, velvet was used for the finest Royal clothing, upholstery and wall coverings.

And of course, in operas.  Guiseppe Verdi, Rossini and Donzietti all required that only the finest velvets be used for the characters in their operas.

Explore the options for Ann Gish placemats.  The colors are classic luxury...Spice, Pine, Brown, Cream, Sea Blue, Steel, Surf, Taupe and of course, Black velvet.  Add Ann Gish's fabulous Crushed Silked Napkins....also washable...for a most elegant table.