When Michele and Yvette, two moms who met at a PTO meeting in Massachusetts, set out to revive an old-school fabric with modern designs, MY Oilcloth was born. (Get it? M+Y=MY) Oilcloth is cotton ...
A century ago, oilcloth was a staple in middle-class kitchens. This durable, easy-to-clean and inexpensive fabric was a boon for homemakers, who used it to make tablecloths, drawer liners and ...
Monica Burton is the former deputy editor of Eater.com where she covered restaurants and food culture from 2017 to 2025. So much of restaurant design doesn’t make sense outside of restaurants: No one ...
Wang Yansong checks the cover of oilcloth umbrellas at Guomin Oilcloth Umbrella Plant in Jingxian County, east China's Anhui Province, Nov. 7, 2019. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan) It takes about a week to make ...
The wipe-clean place mats and tablecloths from the Los Angeles company Atelier Saucier use surplus material from fashion houses. By Florence Fabricant Oilcloth, the popular wipe-clean table covering ...
Zheng Guoming makes a bamboo frame for an oilcloth umbrella at the factory. Photo by Chen Yehua/Xinhua Wearing a brightly colored oilcloth apron, 50-year-old Zheng Guoming carefully brushes tung oil ...
A worker makes ribs for an oilcloth umbrella in Gufeng Village of Jingxian County, east China's Anhui Province, Nov. 13, 2024. The umbrella, made of oiled cloth and bamboo frame, is a traditional ...
MICHAEL WYKE/Tulsa World Some of the zippered bags available at Tatermash Oilcloth, an oilcloth store in midtown Tulsa, OK, Nov. 6, 2013. MICHAEL WYKE/Tulsa World The vibrant colors of the durable ...
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