As always.
Antimaccassars. Those linen cloths that use to be used on furniture, especially behind the head on chairs and chesterfields.
I first came across the term when I started teaching English at 22. A curious word used in Munro’s story “The Monkey’s Paw”.
This morning I learned that the ones behind the head were used, especially, for men’s hair oil. Ah those days of yore with Vitalis, Brylcreem, etc.