Origin of the Anti-Macassar
HE Celebes are well to the fore in the news at the moment. Menado is at the top of the longest and most straggly leg of the Island, and Macassar, the main city and port at the other extremity, down in the south. The name Macassar always brings to mind ‘that Victorian treasure the anti-macassar. In
those Victorian days, Macassar ot] was regarded as the best thing for the hair, and apparently men used to plaster this oil on their hair so liberally that the high backs of chairs and couches (or sofas I think they were called then) suffered severely from contact with the oil. This lead to the vogue for white crochet anti macassars, which were
spread over the backs of chairs — many of them were horsehair chairs, and of course, some were red or green plush-for protection. I don’t know which went out of favour first, the Macassar oil or the anti-macassar. However, both are now among revered Victorian memories,;- (" Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax." Nelle Scanlan. 2YA, January 16.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 138, 13 February 1942, Page 5
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178Origin of the Anti-Macassar New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 138, 13 February 1942, Page 5
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