Pure linen trousseau pieces, hand-woven and embroidered, Alsace, late 19th century. Tone-on-tone border tablecloth embroidered in carmine red and white thread in stem stitch with bouquets of poppies, ears of wheat and thistle, crocheted lace border. 140 x 160 cm (old covers) and a beautiful piece in unbleached linen with white and red embroidered ladder days (45 x 240 cm).