Sham, Pillow

Name/Title

Sham, Pillow

Entry/Object ID

1974.3.7532

Description

Material: textile. Size: Cotton. Colors: White, Pink, Yellow, Blue, Lavender. Two-part throw pillow with lavender and white circle of feather stitch embroidery. Lower part is 13 1/2' with machine-made edging on outer border and a 7 1/4' slit for entering hot pad for table use. Edges of slit are machine finished. Top part is 15 1/2' across and has four small hand-embroidered baskets of flowers with blue ribbon ties. Outer border of top part has eight scallops, four scallops have the flower baskets in the scallop and are edged with smaller (3/4') scallops trimmed with satin-stitch button-hole finish. The alternating four scallops have hemstitching and tiny hand-crocheted edging. Fabric is Indianhead and is firm with all stitching intact.

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Sham, Pillow

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sham

Nomenclature Class

Bedding

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

7532
3.74.7532

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

August 23, 1988

Update Date

March 12, 2026