Fab Fabric Find

Last weekend I stumbled upon Ten Thousand Villages, a little store on Chapel Street in downtown New Haven, CT. Looking at the crunchy store front I had an inkling that they might sell India printed cotton. 

They had several table clothes and napkin sets of 100% cotton with 18th century-looking designs. When I saw them, I knew I couldn't leave without carrying a shopping bag. 

As you may remember from my last post, I'm embroidering a pocket. Earlier this year, I saw an embroidered pocket from the collections of the museum where I work that had a printed cotton for the back. If I remember correctly it was a brown / red toned fabric, sew...

 

...I settled upon buying a handful of napkins ($6 each) to use as the back lining for my current project. Looking at the pattern closely....

...I'm fairly confident that this is 18th century accurate...

...and that this flower is 18th century accurate...

...along with this flower. However...

...I'm puzzled by this paisley-looking flower.

I'm planning on cutting the fabric around that one and, since I bought several napkins, piecing parts of the print together.