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ANTIMACASSAR

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 127 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANTIMACASSAR  , a

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separate covering for the back of a chair, or the head or cushions of a
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sofa, to prevent soiling of the permanent fabric . The name is attributable to the unguent for the hair commonly used in the early 19th century,—Byron calls it " thine incomparable oil, Macassar." The
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original antimacassar was almost invariably made of white crochet-
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work, very stiff, hard, and uncomfortable, but in the third quarter of the 19th century it became simpler and less inartistic, and was made of soft coloured stuffs, usually worked with a
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simple
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pattern in tinted wools or
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silk .

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