Funda de Almohada
date: label: Date made
content: 20th century
name: label: user
content: Rosas, Miguel
notes: label: Description
content: Lace-making and sewing were more than utilitarian projects. They allowed young girls to express themselves artistically while learning discipline and attention to detail. This embroidered linen and lace pillow sham belonged to Miguel Roses at the turn of the 20th century. Bird and flower designs surround the monogram in the center.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: El tejido de encaje no se consideraba únicamente como proyecto utilitario, sino también como una actividad mediante la cual las niñas podían expresarse artísticamente, a la vez que aprendían disciplina y atención al detalle. Esta ropa blanca bordada junto a la funda de almohada hecha en encaje pertenecieron a Miguel Roses a comienzos del siglo XX. Se observa el diseño de un pájaro y una flor rodeando el monograma central.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico
title: label: Title
content: Pillow Sham
topic: label: Subject
content: Daily Life
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Textiles
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content: Vidal
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.0158
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.0158
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pillow sham
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: textile; cotton; plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (trim material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 43 cm x 158 cm; x 16 15/16 in x 62 3/16 in