Pillowcase
- Object Name:
- Pillowcase
- Object ID:
- 1989.073.01
- Place of Origin:
- Pembroke, NH
- Date:
- 1800-1820
- Description:
- Pillowcase. Linen. Embroidered "P . W" in gold-colored thread. Paper label, 3.8" x 5.5", sewn at one corner, inscribed in ink: "This hand woven pillow case was owned by and / probably made by my great grand mother / Margaret (Peggy) Cunningham. She was born in / Pembroke N. H. Jan. 2[?] 1778. That was the date / she worked on her sampler (owned by me). She / married Thomas Whittemore of Pembroke N.H. / He was a clock-maker. They are both buried in / Pembroke N.H. in the same cemetery but not / in the same lot. She was the mother of my / grandmother, Eliza Whittemore Choate. / Mrs. Nellie Mable Choate Kimball / East Lynn, Mass. December 29, 1928".
- Material:
- Textile
Linen - Dimensions:
- W-16.5 L-34 inches
- Provenance:
- Woven by Margaret (Peggy) Cunningham Whittemore (1779-1849) of Pembroke, NH. She married cabinetmaker Thomas Whittemore (1774-1845) in 1798. Descended to Nellie Mabel Choate Kimball of East Lynn, MA.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Barbara and Tudor Richards
- Subjects:
- Pillowcase
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