Pillow cover, ca. 1876–77, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Wool twill embroidered with wool and silk thread, silk velvet border, 22 x 22 1/2 in. (55.9 x 57.2 cm), Textiles, Candace Wheeler (American, Delhi, New York 1827–1923 New York), Designed by Wheeler soon after her return from the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, this pillow cover is embroidered with Madonna lilies nearly identical to those on a curtain border exhibited there by London's Royal School of Needlework
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Pillow cover, ca, 1876–77, New York, United States, American, Wool twill embroidered, wool, silk thread, velvet border, 22 x 22 1/2, 55.9 57.2 cm, Textiles, Candace Wheeler, Delhi, 1827–1923, Designed, Wheeler soon, return, 1876 Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, pillow, embroidered, Madonna lilies, nearly, identical, curtain, exhibited, London, Royal School, Needlework
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