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Pillowcase

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1850-1899

GUSN

GUSN-11541

Description

Pair of white cotton pillowcases with lacey whitework ruffle with a scalloped edge, and a pre-made border added to a heavier cotton case.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pillowcases
cotton (textile)
sewing (process)
whitework
Cotton
Whitework
Machine Sewn
PILLOWCASE

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1991.1739.1,2

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

21 x 37 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1739.1-2

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