Indian handwoven table and kitchen linen are the most sought after home textiles by discerning buyers across the globe. Several top end houses, restaurants, hotels and clubs pride in India's world-class handwoven linen in their kitchen and tables. World's topmost specialised designer labels and retailers in table, kitchen and gifts include Indian handwoven lines in their premium collections, year after year.
The table linen range includes table covers, placemats, runners, dining napkins, coasters, bread baskets, napkin holders, and so on. While decorative table covers are usually made in silk, linen and adorn a lot of embroidery, embellishment, brocades, bead work etc.; the functional range is usually made in 100% cotton and linen based yarn dyed fabrics with light embroidery in plains, dobby, jacquard, checks and stripes.
A wide range of exquisite kitchen linen is equally popular amongst international buyers and domestic buyers. These include kitchen aprons, serving aprons, tea cozies, mittens, gloves, kitchen towels, bread baskets, storage baskets, dust bins and so on. Mostly made from 100% cotton fabrics, the kitchen linen range is usually produced with the required coating and lamination on fabrics to make them stain and water resistant.
Karur in Tamil Nadu and Cannanore in Kerala are the most renowned and versatile production centres for functional table and kitchen linen.
In addition, production also takes place in Madurai, Chennai, Coimbatore, Panipat, Jaipur, Delhi and Mumbai. Decorative table linen in silk, linen, cotton with embroidery and value-added decorative work are produced in Varanasi, Kashmir, Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Mumbai, Kolkata, Odisha and North Eastern states.
With their harmonized colours and sophisticated designs, the Indian table and kitchen linen can be easily found on the shelves of the most well-known departmental stores in USA and Europe.
