tablespread

But he was passive in her hands, and submitted to have a big handkerchief put over his head for a cap, to hold on his arm the baby she improvised from a sofa-cushion of costly plush, around which she arranged as a dress an expensive tablespread, tied with the rich cord and tassel of his dressing-gown.

Tracy Park Mary Jane Holmes 1866

I took them when I took Clarette -- just as I took the silver spoons and the checkered tablespread she brought with her -- but now that a cruel fate has separated me from the children, perhaps it is all for the best. "

Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross 1887