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The Wide Encyclopedia of Cookery. An Encyclopedic Handbook for the Homemaker covering Foods and Beverages-their Purchase, Preparation, and Service. 1951. Wm. H. Wise & Co., Inc., New York.
is used generally to apply to all cloth-table cloths, napkins, etc.-used at the table.
Garrett, Theodore Francis (edited by). 1898. the Encyclopedia of Practical Cookery. L. Upcott Gill, 170, Strand, W.C. London. Vol. iv
consists chiefly of tablecloths and napkins or serviettes, with sideboard cloths, and smaller cloths for small side tables, dinner waggons, and carving cloths.