Presented by Bill Ekleberry

Takes place on 2/10/2010

At Bill Ekleberry, Spencer Country Inn, Route 9 / 500 Main St. , Spencer , MA

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3:30 PM: EARLY AUCTION. Furniture Glassware Good Assortment Of 1970s Vintage Toys Tray And Box Lots Smalls Etc. 6 PM: Estate 2004 Toyota Camry 82,000 miles nice looking and running car. 6 PM: Round oak table with lions heads and claw feet; painted oak china cabinet; blanket chest in old red paint; painted Hoosier cabinet; painted table and booth set; marble top Victorian commode; marble top walnut dresser with mirror; marble top 3 drawer walnut chest; painted oak wardrobe cabinet; fainting couch; mission oak sofa bed; oak 1 door bookcase; set of 5 oak t back chairs; oak Larkin desk; antique candlestand; antique corner chair; Governor Winthrop desk; pine 1 drawer strand; Windsor side and other chairs; custom William and Mary highboy; 1 drawer stand has tiger maple legs; pair wing chairs; pine 3 drawer chest; clean estate used furniture including new love seat; kitchen table and chairs; dining table and chairs; maple bedroom set and other antique and used furniture.

Bed sheets visibly are coverings which are placed on beds. They originally were made of fairly rough material sometimes hand woven from the fibers on hand.

History

A sprei murah wasn’t of necessity the thing of beauty it has become today with the wonderful variety of fabrics, colors and designs to choose from. A bed sheet might be a simple square of flannel in a plain color, and rather than being washable, it might simply be aired out or hung on the clothesline periodically. The more wealthy people tended to choose bed sheets of more personally woven fabrics, and Egyptian cotton bed sheets were chosen as well as the more exotic bed sheets of silk or satin. Among the more wealthy people, washing the bed sheets became more common, so durability was important. Egyptian cotton bed sheets were more capable to stand up to laundering and became the bed covering of choice.

As technology advanced and more manmade fabrics became available, brighter colors and more variety in the composition of the jual sprei became common. Matching sets of comforters bed sheets and pillow coverings were novelty items at first, then almost must-haves. Sofa bed sheets and comforters bed sheets became commonplace Christmas and wedding gifts. The bed coverings could be matched to the room décor and the colors of the carpet to create a unified look.

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