Pillowcase
- Object Name:
- Pillowcase
- Object ID:
- 1956.069 a-b
- Creator:
- Holt, Lydia M. (1818-1906)
- Date:
- circa 1840
- Description:
- Pillowcases. Pair. Plain-woven white cotton, each constructed of one width of fabric, folded in half and seamed selvedge-to-selvedge along one side. Hems of opening ends are hand-stitched. Each is marked with taupe silk thread in cross stitch: "Lydia M Holt / no. 2." Below name and number is an embroidered flourish of crossed fronds.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-17.65 L-37.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Made by Lydia Maria Holt Forbes (1818-1906), who married Wells Forbes in 1845.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Bessie W. Palm
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