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Pillowcase

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1937-1983

GUSN

GUSN-264954

Description

Cotton ticking pillowcase, blue and cream stripes.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pillowcases
ticking
cotton (textile)
machine sewing (technique)
machine knitting
Cover, Pillow

Inscription

"Finest Quality Ticks Fast Color" (Text 2 is on the original store tag, attached to the pillowcase with a metal fastener; Text 3 is written on the store tag in pencil.)
"J.P. Nourse, Inc."
"CBI/89"

Associated Building

Original To Gropius House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

28 x 19 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Ise Gropius

Accession Number

1984.1262

Places

United States

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