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The oldest remaining samples of Blue Tablecloth date back to around the end of the 17th century- cotton tablecloths painted in various hues of blue. In the 18th century, artisans began creating printed textiles using woodblocks with decorative engravings, symbolic of the Georgian culture.

The blue tablecloths produced by Georgian factories in the 20th century became an aesthetic symbol of the country. But at the end of twentieth century those factories in were forced to close as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union and production of blue tablecloths stopped.

In 2010, despite the fact that the country could still not re-open its factories, the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts launched a research laboratory named Lurji Supra to study the now century-old blue tablecloths. Founders Tinatin Kldiashvili and Ketevan Kavtaradze, design professors at the Academy, focused on restoring the original, long-forgotten textile technology and it is now commonly seen in many souvenir shops around the country.