Throw Pillow

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Collection Type

Textiles

Date

1850-1870

GUSN

GUSN-60802

Description

Square pillow with multi-color, three-dimensional flowers and leaves embroidered on a black ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

throw pillows
embroidering
horsehair
wool (textile)
Pillow, Throw
Pillow, Throw

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

17 x 17 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1942.2628

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