# Napery

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**Napery** (from Old French *naperie*[1]) is [linen](/source/Linen) used for household purposes, such as [table linen](/source/Tablecloth).[2] Historically it was the office in a [medieval](/source/Middle_Ages) household responsible for the washing and storage of these items. It was headed by a **naperer**. This office worked closely together with the offices of the [laundry](/source/Laundry) (washing and storage of [clothing](/source/Clothing)) and the [ewery](/source/Ewery) (water and the vessels for drinking or washing of the person), and the three could be concurrent in smaller households.[3]

## See also

- [Ailesham cloth](/source/Ailesham_cloth)
- [Napier (surname)](/source/Napier_(surname))

## Notes

1. ["Napery | Define Napery at Dictionary.com"](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/napery). Retrieved 2015-10-26.

1. ["napery"](http://webster.com/dictionary/napery). [Merriam-Webster](/source/Merriam-Webster). Retrieved 2008-01-20.

1. Woolgar, C. M. (1999). *The Great Household in Late Medieval England*. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 168. ISBN 0-300-07687-8.

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