Pieced pocket

Name

Pieced pocket

Brief description

A woman's pocket pieced on the front from block-printed cottons in various striped, spotted and geometric patterns in madder colors (two with indigo). The pocket is lined and backed with a coarse white cotton with white tape ties. The pocket is marked in cross-stitch in dark brown thread, "R.F.," with a heart on a rectangle with a small printed flower.

Material

Cotton (textile)

Production date

circa 1800

Production place

New England