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1. American Rope Bed, c. 1850-1899 - Bed, Four-Poster

   American Rope Bed, c. 1850-1899. Wooden (mahogany?) four-poster bed with peg inserts. Canvas sacking bottom not present. Four-poster bed has turned elongated "acorn" finials at tops of posts. Footboard and headboard appear to be the same height but headboard has a wider trapezoidal wooden piece in the center. Side poles are in two pieces, secured with dowels and are turned cylinders with knob "buttons" protruding in a straight row for affixing ro...

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2. Baby Blanket, n.d. - Blanket

   Baby Blanket, n.d. Cream border with cream and aqua stripes. French knots along the border and edges with feather stitches in between the cream and aqua stripes. Backing is cream ribbed and in satin.

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3. Blanket Piece, c.1860-1870 - Blanket

   Blanket Piece, c. 1860-70. Blue and off white plaid piece of blanket of hand spun and home raised wool. The blanket consists of 2 inch columns and rows creating ivory light blue and dark blue 2in. x 2in. squares. there are 20 columns of blue and 19 columns of ivory going horizontally from side to side and traveling vertically from top to bottom there are 9 rows of blue and 11 rows of ivory. On the right side approximately 11.5in. from the edge th...

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4. Eight-point Star Quilt, n.d. - Quilt, Bed

   Eight-point Star Quilt, n.d. Wool quilt is comprised of six 17"x18" 8-point star blocks with red plaid star centers on a light blue ground and a red outer border on a dark or light blue ground and red outer corners. Blocks are placed between 9" light blue sashing. Top and bottom edges have 4 1/2" strips of striped blue fabric with red plaid corners exposed at the top only. Item is hand-quilted in a scalloped motif. Backing is olive green and...

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5. Embroidered Heart-Shaped Pillowcase, n.d. - Cover, Pillow

   Embroidered Heart-Shaped Pillowcase, n.d. Cloth pillow case is made with thin off-white fabric cut into a heart shape and is decorated with lace trim and an image of a woman at center. The woman appears in profile wearing a short sleeve blue dress with a full skirt, wide white collar, and a blue bonnet with a white brim. The woman's dress and her skin are painted onto the cloth and outlined in black thread. The woman holds a large bouquet of flo...

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6. Hand-loomed Linen Bedsheet, c. 1865-1873 - Bedsheet

   Hand-loomed Linen Bedsheet, c. 1865-1873. Creme colored hand-loomed linen bedsheet has a selvage edge on the sides with a hem at top and bottom. Top left corner there is a 1in by 1.625in light brown cross stitch embroidery, "S+C / 2". Hand-loomed linen was woven in two sections 36in each and sewn together creating a vertical seam down the center.

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7. Infant's Pillow or Doll Blanket, n.d. - Pillow

   Infant's Pillow or Doll Blanket, n.d. Creme in color. mirrored symmetry of the left and right side. The left and right edges are completed with a 0.5in. crocheted design. 1in. in from the left and right edges are 8 open circles evenly spaced 1.5in. apart. on the top half of the pillow case is a symmetrical flower motif. consisting of 2 diagonal half circles. the half circles are made up of 1 flower and two half flowers on either side of it and le...

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8. Percale Pillow Case, n.d. - Pillowcase

   Percale Pillow Case, n.d. One of a pair of off-white extra fine rectangular percale pillow cases. The pillow cases are hand-stitched and 35 x 25 inches overall. Ruffled trim is stitched to the top side of the opening and is 2.5" wide. Hemstitching that is 1/16th wide appears within 1/8th inch from the ruffel's edge. There are three evenly spaced off-white buttons and corresponding pieces of cloth with button holes sewn into the interior opening e...

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9. Percale Pillow Case, n.d. - Pillowcase

   Percale Pillow Case, n.d. One of a pair of off-white extra fine rectangular percale pillow cases. The pillow cases are hand-stitched and 35 x 25 inches overall. Ruffled trim is stitched to the top side of the opening and is 2.5" wide. Hemstitching that is 1/16th wide appears within 1/8th inch from the ruffel's edge. There are three evenly spaced off-white buttons and corresponding pieces of cloth with button holes sewn into the interior opening e...

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10. Photograph of Terase Silva Wearing Family Christening Dress, c. 1957-1958 - Photograph, Black-and-White

    Photograph of Terase Silva Wearing Family Christening Dress, c. 1957-1958. A black and white landscape copy-print of the photograph depicting Terase, a granddaughter of Francis Silva. Terase is sleeping in a white bonnet and a long white cotton dress with lace inserts (1973.359). She is laying on a twin bed; the bed is covered with the light quilt that has a dark round floral pattern throughout. Under Terase is a white crochet baby blanket. The b...

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11. Photograph of Terase Silva Wearing Family Christening Dress, c. 1957-1958 - Photograph, Black-and-White

    Photograph of Terase Silva Wearing Family Christening Dress, c. 1957-1958. A black and white landscape copy-print of the photograph depicting Terase, a granddaughter of Francis Silva. Terase is sleeping in a white bonnet and a long white cotton dress with lace inserts (1973.359). She is laying on a twin bed; the bed is covered with the light quilt that has a dark round floral pattern throughout. Under Terase is a white crochet baby blanket. The b...

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12. Quilted Bed Cover, c. 1940s - Bedcover

    Quilted Bed Cover, c. 1940s. Olive green satin acetate(?) reversible twin-size quilted bed cover. Machine sewn and quilted with four outer rectangles, a diamond with a decorative border in the center and several scallops radiating from the center and inside the rectangles. The front and back are identical. Quilt is rectangular in shape with no tags or markings. Possibly stuffed with down feathers.

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13. Quilted Silk Pad, n.d. - Pillow

    Quilted Silk Pad, n.d. Two rectangular pieces of cream colored silk cover a piece of what appears to be wool batting. Short pieces of cream colored ribbon extend through the three layers of material and are tied in knots. Many ribbons are missing. The front side shows 13 ribbons and all but two at top right are tied in bows. The back side shows 14 ribbons with three tied in bows and the rest knotted with loose ends. Cream colored lace is attached...

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14. Victorian bed with tall headboard c.1860-1885 - Bed

    Victorian bed with tall headboard c.1860-1885. Victorian Bed c.1860-1885. Stained walnut bed has a footboard with quarter round corners decorated with oval shaped wooden mouldings. On front, the footboard is divided horizontally into two equal parts: top part has a rectangular panel, and bottom part has an oval moulding. The sideboards go up near foot and head of bed and have decorative moulding with a leave motive at the corners. On side of head...

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