61.11.6
Napkin
1920 Approximate
Card Table Napkin Set. Material: textile. Size: 11 1/2" x 12". (a) Description: white cotton; crocheted edge; blue embroidered tea cup and saucer in corner; pink flowers on cup. (b) Description: white cotton; crocheted edge; blue embroidered creamer in corner; pink flowers on creamer. (c ) Description: white cotton; crocheted edge; blue embroidered server in corner; pink flowers on server.
Napkins used at card parties. The napkins may have been made by Elsie (Suemnick) Henkensiefken. Phyllis (Halle) Suemnick was married to Walter E. Suemnick on 10 December 1945. Walter was four years old when his mother died. His two older sisters raised him; Lillian Suemnick the eldest sister, was 13 when her mother died and Elsie (Suemnick) Henkensiefken, was 12 years old. Walter's grandmother was Grandma Abbe. Phyllis (Halle) Suemnick's parents were Robert Halle and Erma (Wood) Halle. Robert and Erma were married in 1914. Erma (Wood) Halle's sister was Helen (Wood) Papke.