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Traditional Romanian tablecloth made in Maramureș Cover for Square Table, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 1736–1795, China. Cut and voided silk velvet. Detail of crochet tablecloth. A tablecloth is a cloth used to cover a table. Some are mainly ornamental coverings, which may also help protect the table from scratches and stains.
Detail of a Portuguese crocheted tablecloth, about 1970. Crochet (English: / k r oʊ ˈ ʃ eɪ /; [1] French: [2]) is a process of creating textiles by using a crochet hook to interlock loops of yarn, thread, or strands of other materials. [3] The name is derived from the French term crochet, which means 'hook'. [4]
In 2014 Still Life with Checked Tablecloth was sold at Christie's London for £34.8 million ($57.1 million), attaining a world record price for a work by Juan Gris at a public auction. [4] This surpassed previous records of $20.8 million for his 1915 work, Livre, pipe et verres, and $28.6 million for the 1913 painting, Violon et guitare. [8]
Drawing up a comprehensive list of words in English is important as a reference when learning a language as it will show the equivalent words you need to learn in the other language to achieve fluency.
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