Dark Natural & Cream Herringbone Linen Ticking

Tickings or “ticken”, such as this Natural & Cream Herringbone Linen "Ticking", encompassed a group of twill woven linens. It was woven both as a plain twill and, in the case of most examples we have studied, a herringbone weave. Herringbone was any textile woven in a zigzag pattern resembling the bones of a herring. They were woven in all pattern widths from very narrow to quite wide. are covered in ticking and purported to have been owned by Flora McDonald, with a date of 1770-80. 

• Our Dark Natural & Cream Herringbone Linen Ticking is medium weight.
• Suitable for gowns, jackets, men's waistcoats, stays, children’s clothing, linings, pockets, and other utilitarian needs such as bed tickings and bolsters.
  

• 100% Czech Linen, 59 inches wide.