against the flow tea towel

A blue and white trivet printed with Marianne Nilsson's retro Swedish blue herring pattern, Sill. This heat-proof mat has been in continuous production ever since and is a vintage Scandinavian design.

Freshen up your dining table with this high quality cotton/linen table runner, featuring a classic Swedish vintage design by Marianne Nilsson. Use one across the length of your table or try a couple the other way, they work wonderfully as place settings.

A pack of quality paper napkins featuring the popular 1950's fresh blue and white herring design by Marianne Nilsson.

This charming blue and white fabric was designed by Marianne Nilsson in the 1950s and remains a classic of Scandinavian simplicity and bold blue colour today. This design has been in constant production ever since launch, and comes in a variety of other matching kitchen items.

This sponge cloth offers a clever modern reworking of Astrid Sampe's classic 1950's Persons Kryddskap (or Herb Garden) tea towel design in monochrome black and white. In terms of the washing-up this little sponge cloth is a marvel, as it's highly absorbent and does a great job scrubbing the dishes.

These stylish Asha tea towels were created by Melanie Darwin who created the original design by punching card with a pin to create her tree patterns. This kitchen drying-up cloth comes in fashionable gooseberry green colour and is printed on an absorbent cotton & linen mix in England.

Geraniums (Pelargonia) is an authentic stylish Swedish tea towel design by Almedahls Design Studio. Printed in red colour on a cotton/linen mix, this drying-up cloth is perfect for the kitchen of any green fingered friend.

Shoal (Stim) is an authentic stylish 1950's Swedish tea towel designed by Almedahls Design Studio. It has a colourful depiction of the various types of Swedish fish available, and is a kitchen drying-up cloth that will cheer up any kitchen!

Designed by British designer Charlotte Farmer, her Seaside Fun tea towel is perfect for drying-up on a Summer holiday by the sea. Her nautical dishcloth features distinctive drawings of boats, balls, sandcastles, rock and all the elements of a quintessential British seaside holiday. A perfect drying-up towel for galley or kitchen!

A super-stylish all-purpose kitchen sponge cloth featuring Almedahls' classic Jars design (or Syltburkar in Swedish) from the 1950's. The dry sponge cloth was invented in 1949 by Swedish engineer Curt Lindqvist, and can absorb an amazing 15 times its own weight of water. Makes washing up that little bit easier.

This sponge cloth offers a clever modern reworking of Astrid Sampe's classic 1950's Persons Kryddskap (or Herb Garden) tea towel design in sage green . In terms of the washing-up this little sponge cloth is a marvel, as it's highly absorbent and does a great job scrubbing the dishes.

Fish Market tea towel is a cheerful collection of fish and lemon slices designed by Ulla Baarnhielm on this original vintage 1950's Swedish kitchen dish towel drying-up cloth.