Datura Rosa Linen Tea Towel
$25.39
Datura Rosa printed linen tea towel 21″x29″ — exclusive La Bottega di Casa watercolour design with pendulous datura flowers 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 Datura Rosa tablecloth and runner. Made in Italy.
- Material: 100% natural linen
- Print: digital botanical watercolour on linen — exclusive La Bottega di Casa design
- Motif: datura branch with pendulous trumpets in dusty pink, lilac and white on green foliage; natural linen ground
- Use: kitchen tea towel / large linen placemat
- Fixed size: 55 cm x 75 cm / 21″ x 29″
- Coordinated products: Datura Rosa tablecloth and table runner also available
- 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
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If you have been looking for a printed linen tea towel that is genuinely beautiful — a botanical watercolour worthy of framing, on a cloth made to be used — the Datura Rosa is what you are looking for. The tea towel brings the collection’s botanical illustration to its most intimate format: a single datura branch with its great pendulous trumpets — dusty pink, lilac, white — descending from green foliage, occupying the surface in a vertical composition that follows the very nature of the flower. Full-colour blooms live alongside grey sketched ones, barely suggested, as in the preparatory drawing of a herbarium: it is the technique that characterises the whole Datura Rosa collection, and in the close-up format of the tea towel every detail can be appreciated — the glazed petals, the green calyxes, the transparency of the background flowers.
The ground is pale natural linen, letting the composition breathe and emerge with the clarity of a botanical plate.
The Datura Rosa 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 Datura Rosa 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. Hung from a peg — as in the second image — the vertical composition of the datura unfolds in full: the flowers hang downward exactly as they would from the branch, and the tea towel becomes a small botanical picture for the kitchen.
As a large linen placemat — as in the third image, set for breakfast — it brings the garden to the place setting: the coffee cup and plate rest among the flowers, and the design emerges lightly around them. It is the perfect format for the considered everyday breakfast — the kind that requires no occasion.
The second image shows the tea towel in its natural habitat: a country kitchen with distressed cream cabinets, wooden cutting boards, a white tureen, herbs in pots. Hanging from its wooden peg, the design falls with the same naturalness as the real flowers — and the white of the linen brightens the corner.
The third image tells the other use: morning breakfast on a rustic wood table, with a stoneware cup, orange juice, a green sprig in a glass bottle. The tea-towel-as-placemat brings the botanical design into the most everyday gesture there is — and it is exactly in these unpretentious contexts that the quality of an object is most noticed.
Because this is a collectible design — the exclusive La Bottega di Casa botanical illustration, the same as the Datura Rosa tablecloth and runner — on an object of everyday use.
Because linen is the ideal fabric for tea towels: it absorbs without lint, dries quickly, and lasts for years. 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, produced with the same care as the whole range.
As a placemat, it pairs with white ceramics and pale stoneware — as in the breakfast photograph — and with natural or dusty pink linen napkins. As a hanging tea towel, it brightens any kitchen: country, classic, or contemporary.
It belongs to the Datura Rosa family at La Bottega di Casa — the same botanical watercolour is available on the tablecloth and the table runner, for those who want to coordinate kitchen and dining room in a single language.
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 21″ x 29″ format and vertical botanical composition make it a beautiful large linen placemat: with the plate and cup resting on the cloth, the datura flowers emerge around them, creating a considered place setting without effort. Ideal for the everyday breakfast.
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 watercolour aesthetic. Do not bleach.
Does it coordinate with the Datura Rosa tablecloth and runner? Yes. The tea towel, tablecloth, and runner share the same botanical design — the same flower, the same palette, the same style. Together they create a complete coordination between kitchen and dining room.
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.
Is this a good gift? It is one of the most appreciated gifts in the collection — a daily-use object with a collectible design, as beautiful hanging as it is in use. It pairs naturally with the other pieces of the Datura Rosa family for a coordinated gift.
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