Easy to Crochet Table Cloths, Luncheon Sets, Runners — Lily Book No. 400, c. 1940
A Daisy table-linen book with a bonus Spool Cotton leaflet — Lily Book No. 400, Easy to Crochet Table Cloths, Luncheon Sets, Runners, issued by Lily Mills Company, Shelby, N.C.
Twenty-four pages of Daisy and Sky-Tone cloths, luncheon sets, runners, coasters, glass muffs, and napkin edges, many combined with linen. There is no printed copyright year on Book 400.
This copy also includes Free Leaflet No. 88L, Modern Table Settings (Copyright 1937, The Spool Cotton Company). The four-page leaflet advertises Book 88 (Book 40 Revised & Enlarged) and prints complete directions for Colony Club No. 7015, a 4" block cloth about 64" × 80". Other Book 88 designs are pictured only: Star Wheel Table Cloth No. 744, Peasant Mats No. 70, Field of Daisies No. 719, English Daisy Luncheon Set No. 747, Festival No. 7003, and Mayfair Dinner Set No. 742.
Condition: Holes have been punched for binder storage.
Featured designs in Lily Book 400:
- Star Coasters — Daisy size 10; slip over a stem-glass base
- Malta Tablecloth, Design No. 401 — about 64" × 74" with 54" crepe linen
- Diamond Spiderweb Tablecloth — about 72" × 72" with linen insert
- Lacy luncheon set — four mats about 11" × 18" and a scarf about 15" × 28"
- Star-motif runner/cloth — about 22" × 42"
- Luncheon Set No. 406 — scarf about 18" × 30" plus mats
- “Something New! Mosaic” — two runners about 12" × 72", center about 12" × 79", two plate doilies about 12" × 18"
- “Reticella” Tea Tablecloth, Design No. 409
- Refreshment Doily Set in Crocheted Battenberg, Design No. 411 — 8" and 6" doilies
- “Whirling Wheel” motif, napkin edgings, and Glass Muffs
In leaflet 88L (full pattern):
- Colony Club No. 7015 — 4" squares; cloth about 64" × 80"; Clark’s / Coats size 30
Both publications are crochet only. A binder-punched pair for collectors of Lily Daisy table linens and 1937 Spool Cotton cloth motifs.
This is a vintage / pre-owned publication. See our Condition Guide for typical wear.