Pillowcase
- Object Name:
- Pillowcase
- Object ID:
- 2001.007.03
- Creator:
- Kimball, Sally Putnam
- Place of Origin:
- Haverhill, NH, area
- Date:
- 1800-1840
- Description:
- Pillowcase of plain-woven linen, constructed from one width of fabric, folded in half and seamed selvedge-to-selvedge. Open end is narrow-hemmed by hand. Marked with brown silk cross stitches "S P" ~3.5" from open end. The linen varies in color so that it looks streaked along the warp.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen - Dimensions:
- W-16 L-31.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Textiles inherited through several generations of Carleton/Kimball/Southard/Putnam family. Donor is great-great-granddaughter of maker (Deborah Nowers, dau. of Helen Emery Nowers, dau. of Anabel Southard Emery, dau. of Hetta Kimball Southard, dau. of Sally Putnam Kimball).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Helen Emery Nowers, Elizabeth P. Nowers, and Deborah K. Nowers
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