Pillow

Object/Artifact

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Pillow

Entry/Object ID

97.6.22a-b

Description

two seat cushions, photos in file, square pillow, blue, green color. wool fabric on front. oval embroidered design with floral designs at 4 outside corners. Inside circle canter is a red central medallion mounted to background and embroidered in gold, blue, green and brown. Design apparently is of Arabic figures ( hieroglypics) with small flowers. around central medallion are 6 tear drop shaped panels of black fabric attached to the background material. materials are cotton,, wool and linen. Pair of cushions, crevel embroidery on fulled wool fabric, knife edge

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Collection

Acquisition

Accession

97.6.

Source or Donor

The Charleston Museum

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Credit Line

The Charleston Museum, Gift of Mrs. Frances Dill Rhett (Mrs. I.B. Rhett)

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pillow

Nomenclature Class

Bedding

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

17 X 17 inches 16 X 16 inches

Location

Location

Building

AR

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Condition

Notes

poor condition, badly soiled, some moth damage. silk backing is gone.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

May 8, 2003

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

March 30, 2023