Pillowcase
- Object Name:
- Pillowcase
- Object ID:
- 1949.012.03 a-b
- Date:
- circa 1823
- Description:
- Pair of pillow or bolster cases of cotton muslin, each constructed of one width of muslin, folded in half, and seamed selvedge-to-selvedge along one side. Open ends are embellished with a narrow edging of knitted lace in white cotton. Above hem, muslin is embroidered with eyelets in a sawtooth pattern. The eyelets on .a are not always so regularly spaced as on .b.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-17.2 L-42 inches
- Provenance:
- Sarah B. Dearborn Weymoth (1818-1891) was the gradmother of the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Maude Weymouth Rollins
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