SHAM, PILLOW
Doon Heritage Crossroads
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| Nom de l'objet : | SHAM, PILLOW |
| Type de l'objet : | BEDDING |
| Classification de l'objet : | FURNISHINGS |
| Matériaux : | FIBRE, PLANT COTTON |
| Numéro d'accession : | 972.032.012 |
| Description : | A white cotton pillow sham with embroidery in red and white thread, lace insertion and lace edging. There is an inside border of drawn threadwork needlelace that extends to the outer edge at the corners. This inside border is outlined with feather stitch worked in red thread. The centre section of the pillow sham is embroidered with a circle surrounded by flowers and butterflies. The word "Pleasant" is at the upper left and the word "Dreams" is at the lower right. The words and flowers are worked in satin stitch using white thread and outlined in red thread. The lace edging is a dense crocheted lace with scalloped edge and openwork diamond pattern. 68 x 73 cm ORIGINAL |
| Fonctions : | Similar pillow shams dated c. 1890 are shown on page 57 of McKendry's Quilts. "These or similar designs were available in cotton or linen from mail order catalogues." "Early pillow shams were frilled and embroidered in white floral designs. Later shams had red patterns; ones with little messages were very popular: Sweet Lilies Close Their Leaves at Night, And Open with the Morning Light. and, I slept and Dreamed that Life was Beauty, I Woke and Found that Life was Duty. One line of the verse was embroidered on each pillow sham. Another popular theme was "Good Night, Good Morning" well embellished with flowers, lilies, birds, deer, herons and swans.... Some families used embroidered bedspreads to match the shams in the summer, and in some houses these cotton spreads were placed under the best quilt to provide a fancy bed cover when the quilt was removed at night." - page 56 |
| Publications ou références : | McKendry, Ruth. Quilts and Other Bed Coverings in the Canadian Tradition. (Toronto: Van Nostrand Reinhold Ltd., 1979.) |
| Établissement : |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Kitchener |
| Province de l'établissement : | Ontario |
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