Pillowcase
- Object Name:
- Pillowcase
- Object ID:
- 1963.030.07
- Creator:
- Sawyer, Sally (1797-1866)
- Place of Origin:
- Sharon, NH
- Date:
- circa 1820
- Description:
- Cloth Fragment. Woven and embroidered by Sally Sawyer (1797-1866), Sharon, NH; c. 1820. Square of heavy white cotton, with "candlewick" embroidery of cotton yarn. Fragment possibly cut from a larger piece, such as a bed cover. It has a new backing of modern white linen. Woven with an alternating heavy weight cotton weft yarn, which gives it a pebbly appearance. The embroidery is worked in a design of a central medallion, with initials "S.S." in script letters worked in outline stitch in center of a diamond framed by a square outlined with pompom-like tufts of the cotton yarn. This square is framed by a grapevine design, embroidered with satin and outline stitches, followed by two more rows of the pompoms.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-23.25 L-23.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Woven and embroidered by Sally Sawyer (1797-1866) of Sharon, NH, as part of her wedding trousseau. She married Levi W. Porter (1795-1867) in 1822. The donor, Shirley W. Kelley (1895-1975), was the great-granddaughter of Sally (Sawyer) Porter.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Shirley W. Kelley
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