Cleome Linen Tea Towel
$25.14
Cleome linen tea towel — exclusive La Bottega di Casa botanical spider flower design on natural linen. Also beautiful as a large linen placemat. Natural linen, absorbent and machine washable at 104°F.
Part of the same family as the Cleome tablecloth. Made in Italy.
- Material: 100% natural linen
- Dimensions: 55 cm x 75 cm – 21″ x 29″
- Print: digital botanical on linen — exclusive La Bottega di Casa design
- Motif: vertical composition with cleome spider flowers in pink and white and dark green palmate foliage on natural linen ground
- Use: kitchen tea towel / large linen placemat
- Production: Made in Italy
- Care: machine washable at 40°C (104°F), steam iron slightly damp, do not bleach
- Shipping: worldwide
- Brand : La Bottega di Casa
10 in stock
If you have been looking for a printed linen tea towel with the quality of a botanical archive illustration — precise, painterly, genuinely beautiful — Cleome is what you are looking for. The design brings a close-up, high-intensity version of the tablecloth collection’s botanical illustration to linen: a large cleome branch — the spider flower with its long filiform stamens radiating outward in pale pink and white — with dark, near-black palmately divided foliage supporting it. The ground is natural linen, pale and close to white, which lets the design emerge with the clarity of a period botanical plate. The brushwork is precise and painterly at once: the fine filaments of the flowers are rendered with a delicacy best appreciated close up, when the piece is hanging or in use as a placemat with the plate set slightly aside.
Compared to the tablecloth, where the design runs as a side border, here the composition is vertical and centred: a single cleome plant occupies almost the entire surface with its botanically precise structure. The same world, told from a different distance.
The Cleome design is an exclusive La Bottega di Casa creation.
As with all natural linen products, small fibre irregularities may be visible — slubs, weave variations, slight differences in thread thickness. These are not flaws: they are the signature of natural fabric, and part of what gives the cloth its character.
The Cleome tea towel is designed to be as beautiful as it is useful. As a kitchen tea towel it has the texture and absorbency of natural linen — it absorbs without leaving lint, dries quickly, and improves with every wash. Hanging from an oven handle or beside the sink, it brings a piece of botanical archive illustration into the kitchen — the same design that could hang framed on a wall.
As a large linen placemat — as seen in the second image — it becomes the quiet protagonist of every place setting. The plate at the centre lets the cleome flowers emerge around the edges; the vertical composition of the design creates a natural frame for the table setting. Used as a placemat alongside the Cleome tablecloth on a large table, it creates a kitchen-to-dining room coordination of exceptional refinement.
The first image shows the tea towel hanging on a white door in a country kitchen with pearl grey cabinets and marble countertop. The contrast between the white of the wall, the grey of the cabinets, the copper of the objects, and the near-black green of the design is immediate and very successful — the tea towel is already a decorative element before it is ever used.
The second image shows it as a placemat on a rustic aged wood table: shabby kitchen with distressed cream furniture, pink roses in a vase, a decorative transfer-print ceramic plate, crystal and silver cutlery. The cleome design — delicate in its filaments, dense in its foliage — converses with the decorated ceramics and the fresh flowers without competing with either. It is the perfect balance between printed botanical and living botanical.
Because this is a collectible design — an exclusive La Bottega di Casa botanical illustration, conceived for the same family as the Cleome tablecloth — on an object of everyday use.
Because linen is the ideal fabric for tea towels: it absorbs without lint, dries quickly, and lasts.
Because the dual function — tea towel and large placemat — makes it one of the most versatile pieces in the collection.
And because it is Made in Italy, with the same care given to every La Bottega di Casa branded product.
As a placemat, it pairs perfectly with white ceramics or pale stoneware with delicate floral decoration — as in the image, where the transfer-print botanical plate converses with the design without overlapping. Natural linen napkins complete the place setting with quiet coherence. Transparent crystal catches the light and balances the density of the dark green foliage.
It belongs to the Cleome family at La Bottega di Casa — the same botanical design is available on the Cleome tablecloth for those who want to coordinate kitchen and dining room in a single visual language.
La Bottega di Casa is an Italian home linen atelier based in Follina (Treviso, Veneto).
Since 2000, a second store in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, has brought the Italian linen tradition to a discerning international clientele. La Bottega di Casa branded products — including the Cleome collection — are made with the same care given to every piece in our range. We ship worldwide.
Can I use it as a placemat as well as a tea towel? Yes — it is one of the most appreciated uses of this piece. The large format and vertical botanical composition make it a beautiful large linen placemat: with the plate positioned at the centre, the cleome flowers emerge around the edges, creating a natural botanical frame for each place setting.
Does the print fade with washing? Digital print on linen is designed to withstand repeated machine washes at 40°C (104°F). Over time the colour acquires a subtle patina consistent with the botanical aesthetic of the design. Do not bleach.
Does it coordinate with the Cleome tablecloth? Yes. The Cleome tea towel and the Cleome tablecloth share the same design family — the same flower, the same colour palette, the same botanical style. Used together they create a very considered coordination between kitchen and dining room, with the advantage of being two different objects that read as a single considered project.
Is linen actually absorbent enough for a tea towel? Linen is one of the most absorbent and best-performing natural fibres for kitchen use — it absorbs without leaving lint, dries quickly, and improves with every wash. It is the traditional choice for high-quality kitchen linens precisely because it outperforms cotton in performance and longevity over time.
Is this a good gift? It is an ideal gift for anyone who values a beautiful kitchen as much as a functional one. A collectible botanical design on a daily-use object, Made in Italy, versatile between kitchen and table. It pairs naturally with the Cleome tablecloth o
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