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Object Name
Pillowcase (incomplete)
Object Number
2011-138-19
Description
Unfinished linen pillowcase; square-shaped; cotton embroidered stylized leaves in stem-stitch with full, round flowers worked in french-knots; lined in peach-colored tissue paper; two fabrics basted together; reverse fabric has machine-stitched seams and buttonholes with fabric covered buttons. A paper label is sewed to the edge and handwritten in ink is " Edith E. Caldwell/Litchfield/Conn."
Comment
Belonged to Edith E. Caldwell of Litchfield, CT.
Category
Furnishings
Date Made
ca. 1900
Materials
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Pillowcase (incomplete)