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Pillow sham

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1920-1940

GUSN

GUSN-56699

Description

Pillow sham. Purple glazed chintz with ruffles on all four sides. Purple color has shifted to brown.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pillow shams
cotton (textile)
Sham, Pillow

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

27 x 32 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.4387.1

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