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Image Not Available for Set of Two Pillow Shams and a Blanket Cover
Set of Two Pillow Shams and a Blanket Cover
Image Not Available for Set of Two Pillow Shams and a Blanket Cover

Set of Two Pillow Shams and a Blanket Cover

Original OwnerOriginally owned by Eliza Wadsworth American, 1850 - 1922
Textile MakerMade by Unknown
Date1890s-1910
MediumMachine-stitched and machine-embroidered and hand-embroidered cotton
DimensionsComponent (height x width of pillow shams): 39 1/4 x 32 3/4in. (99.7 x 83.2cm)
Component (height x width of blanket cover): 78 3/4 x 34in. (200 x 86.4cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Emory Robotham
DescriptionTwo rectangular pillow shams (.a and .b), each with an inner border of five narrow pleats that overlap at the corners. All four sides are edged with an eyelet-embroidered ruffle. In the center of each sham is a monogram, "CCS," embellished with flowers and vines, hand-embroidered in chain-stitch using red cotton thread.

The blanket cover (.c) is a rectangular piece of cotton hemmed on three sides. The longest side has a 1 3/4-inch hem. There is a red embroidered monogram, "CCS," decorated with leaves and flowers at the bottom center of the blanket cover.
Object number2001.130.1a-c
InscribedEmbroidered monogram, "CCS", in the center of the shams and also at the bottom center of the blanket cover.
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Dress
    Jennie Bromley
    about 1888-1890
    Reticule
    Unknown
    about 1800-1825
    Dress
    Jennie Bromley
    about 1880-1892
    Purse
    Unknown
    about 1860-1880
    Girl's Dress
    Mariette Newman Fitch
    about 1883
    Infant's Dress
    Eliza Storrs
    1811
    Reticule
    Unknown
    about 1800-1825
    Gift of Mrs. Vincent Brown Coffin, 1971.67.14.1a-b, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Doma…
    Della Maria Brown
    1891