Thursday to Saturday, John Derian will discount some decoupage pieces up to 60 percent, and some tabletop items and bed linens up to 50 percent (a John Derian five-inch round decoupage plate, shown, usually $48, will be $22 8 8 East Second Street (Bowery), (212) 677-3917.
Mr. Linen peeks up from his straw hat, his face spreading in a smile.
Sometimes the notes buzz, until Mr. Linen warms up like a car engine on a winter morning.
The children's toys scattered on the lower steps, as if marking the way to the nurseries that final floor must once have housed, give way to bales of cloth and then to small garments and linen hung up to dry.
Dashing from table to table on roller skates, causing quite a kerfuffle, Zippy ultimately turned his lights on Hubert de Givenchy, who, cool as linen, looked up from his dinner, extended his hand to the chimp and said, "Enchanté." Then he introduced us.
from America: A Prophecy by William Blake (1793) The morning comes, the night decays, the watchmen leave their stations; The grave is burst, the spices shed, the linen wrapped up; The bones of death, the cov'ring clay, the sinews shrunk & dry'd.
Keep the hems straight and square with each other so that the linen rolls up evenly.
Many napkins, place mats and table linens are up to 40 percent off at Ann Gish through Jan . 7(the Mariana place mat, originally $190 for four, is $130; the linen tie napkin, normally $135 for four, is $95 4 4 West 20th Street; (212) 727-2122 or anngish.com.
Bed and tabletop linens are up to 80 percent off at Ann Gish Thursday to Sunday (a queen-size Jack Stripe silk duvet cover by Ann Gish, shown, originally $1,165, is $350 4 4 West 20th Street, (212) 727-2122, anngish.com.
