Paper Napkin
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A napkin, serviette or face towelette is a rectangle of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and fingers while eating. It is usually small and folded, sometimes in intricate designs and shapes.
Table napkins can be made of tissue paper. These are made from one up to four plies and in a variety of qualities, sizes, folds, colours and patterns depending on intended use and prevailing fashions. The composition of raw materials varies a lot from deinked to chemical pulp depending on quality.
The Paper Napkin category of the Colnect Catalog only contains napkins made of paper and related substances.
Browsing the catalog
The Colnect Paper Napkin Catalog can be filtered from the Catalog drop-down menu by the following properties:
- Countries: The country the paper napkin was issued in. This is not necessarily the country of manufacture or the country the issuer has its headquarters in.
- Napkin types: The type of the napkin, mainly divided by the meal the napkin is intended to be used for. The following options are available in the NIF, not all currently have entries:
- Qualities: The number of paper layers (plies) the napkin consists of. Available options:
- Single-ply: One (1) layer of paper.
- Two-ply: Two (2) layers of paper.
- Three-ply: Three (3) layers of paper.
- Four-ply: Three (4) layers of paper.
- Shapes: The shape of the paper napkin.
- Folds: The way the napkin is folded. Options are:
- Colors: The printing color used for the napkin. If more than one color is printed, use Multi-color.
- Uses: The main usage of the napkin. Options are:
- Airlines: Napkins used by airlines, especially on-flight.
- Franchises and Trademarks: Napkins issued with advertisements for chains or trademarks. Examples for chains are Subway, McDonald's, or Burger King, while trademarks include Coca-Cola, Pepsi and other beverage brands.
- Generic: Napkins without information about issuer or brand, but clearly intended for commercial use. Examples are napkins for ice cream or coffee but without the store or brand name.
- Non-commercial: Napkins without any mention of commercial use (no brand or product is mentioned). Most of these are not free but must be bought in stores.
- Restaurants and cafés: Napkins issued by single or only locally-spread restaurants, cafés, pubs etc. (as opposed to large chains).
- Specific:
- Themes: Multiple themes may be associated with the same napkin. The themes describe what is pictured on the napkin. Only the themes from the Colnect Global Cross-Category Themes List can be used.
- Recently Updated: Paper napkins where the information has been updated within the last 30 days. This helps you to stay up-to-date on changed information. This can be further filtered by the last 1, 3, 7, 14, and 30 days.
- Newly Added: Napkins added to the Colnect Paper Napkin Catalog within the last 30 days. This can be further filtered by the last 1, 3, 7, 14, and 30 days
- Import Log: A list of all New Item Forms (NIFs) that have been imported since the creation of the Colnect Paper Napkin category. It shows date, the person who created the NIF, the coordinator who imported it, the number of paper napkins imported, and the country of the paper napkins. Please note that it is not possible to find the paper napkins that were in the NIF, this information is not stored in the database.
The catalog also contains other properties to further describe the paper napkins:
- Name (60 characters): The name of the paper napkin.
- Variant: If a paper napkin is marked as a variant, you can get a list of all variants of this paper napkin by clicking on Click to see variants.
- Catalog Name: The name of the catalog the catalog code is taken from. Currently only Colnect Codes (Colnect's own numbering system) is used.
- Catalog Code: The Colnect catalog code consists of the ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 country code where the napkin was issued, a hyphen and a consecutive 5-digit number. Example: DE-00087 (DE: ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 for Germany, Federal Republic -: Hyphen 00087: Consecutive number). If the country in the catalog does not have any paper napkins yet, the first new paper napkin gets the number 00001. Example: PH-00001 will be the first paper napkin from the Philippines.
- Location: The town or city of origin of the napkin. It must be in the country of the napkin. For brands and franchises this should be the location of the country headquarters, unless the napkin is localized to a specific location.
- Width: The horizontal width of the fully unfolded napkin measured in millimeter.
- Height: The vertical height of the fully unfolded napkin measured in millimeter.
- Description: A detailed description of the paper napkin. This may include information on how to distinguish variants.
- Front Picture and Back Picture: The front side of the paper napkin must be pictured, the second picture of the paper napkin may be added as well, when needed. Please follow the Picture Guidelines.