The last time I found kitchen towels this good, I was cleaning out my grandmother's attic. Those old towels seem to get softer with age and lasted forever. When I pulled these out of the box, it was like going back in time 50 years and making noodles with my grandmother. These are a lot like her towels.These are made from a long staple cotton twill fabric. Twill is a durable weave and a towel this gutsy will be able to stand up to tons of washing. My grandmother used a scrubbing board and boiled hers. These might fade a little but they look like similar work horse. The cotton is soft and thirsty for drying dishes, or counters.When making noodles we first used a towel like this as a pastry cloth to roll out the noodles. These towels look like they are perfect for rolling out pie or noodle doughs. Heavy enough to lay flat. Once the noodles were cut we hung them to dry. My grandmother took a towel just like this one, folded it in half end to end and lightly stitched a pouch with long running stitch to store the dried noodles in a dark cool pantry. You didn't realize you would want to do that with these I bet.I don't make noodles any more, but I do use a big kitchen towel from France to place over loaves of bread while they cool. These are big enough to cover about five loaves of tea bread and cover the sides.These come with a thoughtfully written card with washing instructions. Add 1/4 cup of salt to the first wash to help set colors. (This also works with any cotton fabric that tends to run or bleed.) No detergent with bleach alternative! (For stains try treating it with lemon dipped in salt.) Avoid fabric softener as it can repel water. Try using 1/2 cup vinegar per load to get rid of smell and leave them soft. Dry on low temperature.To avoid the edges curling I took mine from dryer right away and firmly smoothed out. Twill weave has “play” and any curl will come right out.Altho I forgot to measure before washing, after drying these are 19 X 26.5 inches.These would make a great gift for cooks, and minimalists who just want to buy 4 towels that will probably last 10 years. I liked the towels so well, that I bought a second set in TEAL and had them shipped to a cousin. She just called to say they were “exactly right.” Makes two of us.You can tell how stressed out we are. Just getting four really nice kitchen towels made our week!