PILLOW, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Second Floor Library
About this object
The pillow is square in shape. The embroidery is very elaborate with many kinds of stitches, and is edged with tassels. The back is in a deep yellow velvet. The design shows flowers, and animals in petit point, surrounding a central round medallion with a scene of a woman in a red dress seated in a landscape. Embroidery similar to English Jacobean stumpwork.
- Object name:
- PILLOW, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Needlework -- silk damask
- Made in:
- England
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 54.6 × 54.6 cm (21 1/2 × 21 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 43.52.1
- Class:
- NEEDLEWORK
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973