Skirt made of pillow cases embroidered in China
notes: label: Description
content: Skirt made of two pillow cases stitched together, zipper on one seam. White linen ground; red cotton pattern of cross stitch embroidery in dragon design; border in geometric woven pattern. Donor related that the embroidery was worked by Chinese nuns; skirt possibly made by her mother, to re-use treasured needlework.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hilda Lease Jay
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0712.08
label: accession number
content: 1987.0712
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0712.0008.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skirt
label: Object Name
content: pillow cases, embroidered
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: embroidered (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 46 1/2 in x 23 1/4 in; 118.11 cm x 59.055 cm