Tennessee Dish Towel by Catstudio

The Volunteer State... This original design celebrates the State of Tennessee.

The design is silk-screened, then framed with a hand embroidered border on a 100% cotton dish towel/hand towel/guest towel/bar towel. Three stripes down both sides and hand dyed rick-rack at the top and bottom add a charming vintage touch. Delightfully presented in a fab organdy re-usable pouch!

• 100% Cotton
• Machine wash cold and line dry
• Packaged in organdy pouch
• Measures 20" x 29"

Fun Facts:

• Nashville, TN, is home to the longest-running live music radio show: the Grand Ole Opry, which has been broadcasting weekly since 1925.
• The first American horse to win the English Derby was 'Iroquois' a horse bred at The Belle Meade Plantation. Modern day Thoroughbreds can trace their bloodlines back to this special horse.
• Shelby county has more horses per capita than any other county in the nation.
• Murfreesboro is in the exact geographical center of Tennessee.
• Tennessee born Hattie Caraway was the first woman US Senator. She served from 1932 to 1945.
• The state's nickname 'The volunteer state' was adopted during the war of 1812 when volunteer soldiers from Tennessee displayed marked valor at the battle of New Orleans.
• Tennessee is bordered by eight other states.
• The Lost Sea in Sweetwater is the largest underground lake in the nation according to the "Guinness Book of World Records." The visible part of the lake is 800' long by 220' wide. Scientists continue to measure and study the lake to this day.
• Graceland, Elvis' home in Memphis, is the third most visited house in the nation. It receives more than 600,000 visitors each year.