I remember great-grandma's and grandma's having rectangular doilies on the backs of their chairs and on the arm rests. I know that there is a name for them ( I called them Chair Doilies), but my mom says they are called " animacastors" (maybe misspelled). If anyone knows the answer, please reply to the group and/or to myself.
Thanks for your time
Lionhardht, take a look at this explanation of antimacassar:
the name is Antimacassars. Macassar was a kind of hair oil , used by people mostly at end of 19th cent and start of 20th,,, when people leaned on chairs and sofas it Stained them , thus those rectangular crocheted doilies were esier washable and exchangeable than the whoile chair or Sofa,, mirjam
5 GMT, "Li>I remember great-grandma's and grandma's having rectangular doilies on the
antimacassar to stop the macassar hair gell from staining the furniture.
Els
We call them chairbacks and arm covers over here
cheers......Cher UK
Anticamassars.
Higs, Katherine
Whoops! I think I spelled it wrong. Too early in the morning.
Higs, Katherine
Hint: I inherited some beautiful ones from my grandmother, and as they are about 12" x 18" I put them into use as placemats.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
Hi,
My grandmothers used to call them chair back sets. I'm like you Olwyn Mary, I have some lovely sets that my grandmothers did. Mine have either flowers or birds on them.
Hugs,
Nora
I always think of them as 'chair doileys.'
-- Carey in MA
Hi,
My grandmothers called them chair back sets and I have some with lovely birds and flowers on them.
Hugs,
Nora
Katherine, they called them antimacasars in Holland as well, I guess the brand name of the hair gell being the same......LOL
Els
Probably!
Higs, Katherine
They're called antimacassars. We generally called them the things on the back of the couch in my grandmother's house.
Lucille
You know all these posts about it , reminded me of rooms with Haevy furniture , covered with cloth to keep it for Guests , than sometimes the cloth had a Nylon cover as well ,,,, Or other places ,,While we lived in Manchester we used to visit a family , who had a lovely warm well used, back of house Living room , while the SALON , was in the front , cold frozen , door mostly locked, furniture mostly covered ,,,Opened only to Grown Up important visitors ,,,, mirjam
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