Where can I purchase nice, quality (not cheap) linen (not cotton) napkins online? And what qualities do I look for in good linen? I looked @ Williams-Sonoma, C&B, Amazon...but are there others online retailers that you can...

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I spent the Thanksgiving holiday with a friend who used cloth napkins, kept in rings, for our meals. This reminded me of a long-ago visit in Germany, where we kept our cloth napkins in fabric envelopes. Has anyone else used the...

Consider buying a rectangular tablecloth and hemming one side. BTW- I’ve had very good luck with the linen napkins from PB. They wash well, release stains better than cotton, and get very soft with use.

On the other hand, couldn’t they just buy a better brand of white linen napkin? I’ve had lint come off from some, but not all, white napkins? Wouldn’t the purchase of a better napking offset the extra charge...

napkins. Feel the same way about bed linens. All cotton, all the time. But I can wear cotton t-shirts with a little lycra in them for stretch or totally synthetic workout shirts with no problem. Doesn’t bother me a bit....

I’ve used linen table cloths and napkins since I got my first good paying job. Back then it wasn’t about being green, it was about setting a proper table. As a side note, I have never used paper towels, I buy bar mop...

They’re called linen-like napkins, Georgia Pacific sells them 400 to the case, for around $40; also Hoffman has them 600 per case for about $35. Hope that helps, here in NY I think there is one wholesaler in Jersey that...