Beauville established in the Alsace region since the reign of Louis XV created prestigious tradition of prints on textiles in the forms of table linens: tablecloths, table runners, napkins, placemats, and dish towels.  The manufacturer uses only natural fibers of cotton, cotton/linen union, all linen or silk or wool.  When the raw material tablecloth arrives to the factory, it is not immediately screen printed.  A process of singeing and bleaching reduces the fine strands and the unpure greases ,etc. from being on the cloth surface.  The vat dyes are apart of the finishing process to help retain the beauty through washings, dry cleaning, and general uses of the tablecloth. 

Screen printing from 1937 using blocks that had 1 color on each block soaked in dyes for 1 month to now adays screens.  Screens each have 1 color and are used to produce the fine table linens of Beauville.  Flawless, Giolitto screens famous throughout Europe.

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