Pillowcase

Object Name: Pillowcase

Object ID: 1989.073.01

Place of Origin: Pembroke, NH

Date: 1800-1820

Description: Pillowcase. Linen. Embroidered "P . W" in gold-colored thread. Paper label, 3.8" x 5.5", sewn at one corner, inscribed in ink: "This hand woven pillow case was owned by and / probably made by my great grand mother / Margaret (Peggy) Cunningham. She was born in / Pembroke N. H. Jan. 2[?] 1778. That was the date / she worked on her sampler (owned by me). She / married Thomas Whittemore of Pembroke N.H. / He was a clock-maker. They are both buried in / Pembroke N.H. in the same cemetery but not / in the same lot. She was the mother of my / grandmother, Eliza Whittemore Choate. / Mrs. Nellie Mable Choate Kimball / East Lynn, Mass. December 29, 1928".

Material: Textile
Linen

Dimensions: W-16.5 L-34 inches

Provenance: Woven by Margaret (Peggy) Cunningham Whittemore (1779-1849) of Pembroke, NH. She married cabinetmaker Thomas Whittemore (1774-1845) in 1798. Descended to Nellie Mabel Choate Kimball of East Lynn, MA.

Credit Line: Gift of Barbara and Tudor Richards

People: Whittemore, Margaret Cunningham (1779-1849)

Subjects: Pillowcase

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