An example of use of cotton net as a basis for decorative bed covers. Possibly factory made.
Collection
Illinois Folk Arts Collection
Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Robert G. Buzzard
Made/Created
Artist
Smith, Mrs. William
Date made
1891
Location
Drawer
Flat File T
Vault
Permanent Collection Storage
Building
Tarble Arts Center
Institution
Eastern Illinois University
Provenance
Provenance Detail
A pillow sham and bolster cover owned by Mrs. William Smith of Sumner, IL, as part of Golden Wedding observance in 1891, Sumner IL. Mrs. Smith was the mother of Alice Smith Couchman, whose house she died in 1900. Passed on to Irene Buzzard in 1920.
