Posted by Robert Dilley on April 02, 2004 at 20:47:40 from 65.39.15.185 user rdilley.
In Reply to: American Cloth? posted by Pam Adams on April 02, 2004 at 18:20:55:
My mother always took an American Cloth table cloth to picnics. It is (usually brightly-coloured) cloth with a rubber/plastic (the former in AR's day, surely) glazing and usually a flocked underside (to minimise sliding). Waterproof (good for UK picnics on wet grass) and easy to wipe clean.
Presumably first imported from the US.