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Pillow Border

1800-1849 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pillow border of linen, decorated with cut and drawn work, and embroidery in white cotton thread, chiefly in button-hole stitch. It is divided by rows of small squares into lozenge-shaped compartments which enclose geometrical devices in needlework.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Linen embroidered with cotton thread
Brief description
Pillow border, linen embroidered with cotton thread, Zealand, Denmark, 1800-1849.
Physical description
Pillow border of linen, decorated with cut and drawn work, and embroidery in white cotton thread, chiefly in button-hole stitch. It is divided by rows of small squares into lozenge-shaped compartments which enclose geometrical devices in needlework.
Dimensions
  • Length: 25in
  • Width: 7.75in
Object history
This pillow border was originally part of a pillow case, which has been disposed. (RF 33/584).

Purchased. Registered File number 82091/1903, 4725/1903.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
338-1903

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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