A hostess book from American Thread’s Star series — The Table Cloth Book, Book No. 9, designs by Cecilia Vanek, issued from 260 West Broadway, New York.

This 32-page booklet is devoted to dining-room and small-table linens in Star, Gem, De Luxe, and Star Pearl cottons: filet-on-linen luncheon sets, joined-motif cloths, runners, and tray pieces. The numbered designs run from Hostess No. 650 through World’s Fair No. 667. Patterns are crochet only (filet, motif, and a few pieces sewn to linen). There is no printed copyright date on this copy.

Featured designs in this volume:

• Hostess No. 650 — filet plate and center doilies with basket chart, on 36" linen
• Five O’Clock No. 651 — 2¼" motifs joined into a tea cloth
• Sun Porch No. 652 — De Luxe crochet-and-knitting cotton
• Venetian No. 653
• Lover’s Knot No. 654
• Bedside No. 655 — small-table runner
• Clover Leaf No. 656
• Spider Web No. 657
• Trellis No. 658
• Jack Frost No. 659 — De Luxe or Star Pearl size 5
• Aristocrat No. 660
• Sun Ray No. 661 — Star size 10, two-color
• New Englander No. 662 — scarf about 15" × 45"
• Captain’s Table No. 663
• Evening Star No. 664
• Cathedral Windows No. 665
• Crystal No. 666 — large and small joined motifs with a wide edge (about 10" four-motif square in Pearl size 5)
• World’s Fair No. 667 — Star Six Cord or Gem size 20

Plus laundering notes and a Star Brand thread page. A complete Book 9 for collectors of Cecilia Vanek and pre-war American Thread table linens.