Pieced pocket

Name

Pieced pocket

Brief description

A woman's pieced pocket of printed cottons in triangles and rectangles on the front of pocket. The pocket is lined and backed with an unbleached handwoven linen. The ties are narrow white linen tapes. The cotton samples are both wood block and roller prints varying in date from 1790-1835.

Dimensions

length: 17 1/4in
width: 6 1/4in
width: 12in
length: 8in

Production date

Circa 1840

Production place

References

Lynne Z. Bassett and Jack Larkin. Northern Comfort. (1998)