SHEETS (BED COVERINGS)
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
A pair of heavy ecru linen sheets that are trimmed at the top with coarse ecru tatting. Three inches from the tatting is an area of openwork zigzag overcast bars. At the center top of the sheets is a satin stitched monogram MPD in a gold cotton.
- Object name:
- SHEETS (BED COVERINGS)
- Made from:
- Linen -- cotton
- Made in:
- Mexico
- Date made:
- ca. 1935
- Size:
- 259.1 × 185.4 cm (102 × 73 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 45.668.1-2
- Class:
- Linen
- Signature marks:
- monogram MPD Top center of the sheets This is designed in an embroidered gold cotton satin stitch. inscription MEXICAN Lower hem of each sheet. The is written in black ink.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973