Pillowcase
- Object Name:
- Pillowcase
- Object ID:
- 1967.066.09 a-b
- Place of Origin:
- Goshen, NH
- Date:
- 1810-1860
- Description:
- Pillowcases. White cotton, embellished with a row of drawn thread work above opening edge hem, and a row of insertion between hem and self-fabric flounce, made of individual self-fabric diamonds and rosettes. The rosettes have simple needle lace centers made with heavy sewing thread. (They are made by sewing a zig-zag line of running stitch through a strip of fabric; by pulling the thread, the fabric is pulled into a zig-zag shape, which in this case, the maker stitched into a circle to form the rosette.) Each pillowcase is inscribed in ink, "Elisabeth Gunnison / No 16" with a branching flourish below. Pair.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-18.5 L-40 inches
- Provenance:
- Pillowcases owned by Elizabeth Gunnison (1788-1864), Goshen, NH, great-grandmother of Laurence G. Nourse (1893-1973), the husband of the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Lucile P. Nourse
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