1800 - 1850 "Star" Appliqued Pillow Case
date: label: date made
content: 1800 - 1850
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This small pillowcase is embellished with eight 11-pointed blue stars in the center of each is a 6-pointed star. The blue fabric is a resist block-printed light blue on dark blue; the inner stars are a printed cotton. The stars are appliqued on a single piece of white cotton, folded along one long edge, seamed along one long and one short edge and hemmed at opening on short edge.
label: Description
content: This simple item with its free-form stars may have been a practice sewing project. The result is a delightful design.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Doris M. Bowman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0381.06
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0381.006
label: accession number
content: 1985.0381
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pillowcase, Quilted
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in x 15 in; 60 cm x 38 cm