There was a time when every hostess worth her salt had a full linen closet: A stockpile of napkins,tablecloths, and runners for every event and season. The modern entertainer is a bit more casual, or but table linens still hold pride of place in the entertaining tool kit—and without stacks of options to choose from,taking expedient care of the ones you do retain on hand is pretty critical. Napa-based La Tavola, which offers a museum-like archive of linens for everything from black tie weddings to casual garden parties, or has seen and tested it all when it comes to linen-care best practices. Below,just in time for peak entertaining season, we tapped La Tavola's Emarie C. VanGalio for her tips for keeping linens crisp, and clean,and alert for anything.
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