Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
1993.005 |
Object Identification Number |
1993.005.039 |
Object Name |
Pillowcase |
Donor |
Cullen, Elsa N. |
Description |
Pillowcase. One in a set of four. It is identical to pillowcases 1993.005.040, 1993.005.042 and 1993.005.043. Pillowcase made from handwoven linen. Off-white in color and rectangular in shape. One end of the proper front surface is decorated with an insert of lace. The lace has a repeating pattern wherein four small diamond shapes combine to make one large diamond. The end result is a single row of large diamond shapes. All of the diamond shapes, small and large, are bordered by small and large circles. The end opposite of the lace insert is open, and is secured by three sets of white ties. |
Dimensions |
W-26.875 L-22.25 inches |
Made By |
Bertine Jensen's grandmother |
Creation Date |
c. 1877 |
Place Of Origin |
Denmark |
Owned By |
Jensen, Bertine |
Used By |
Jensen, Bertine |
Material |
linen |
Associated People |
Norregaard, Bertine Jensen Jensen, Bertine Cullen, Elsa N. |
Search Terms |
Norregaard, Bertine Jensen Jensen, Bertine Cullen, Elsa N. pillowcase pillow trousseau flax handwoven linen Denmark lace handwork needlework |
Provenance |
The matching pillowcases and two sheets (1993.005.046 and 1993.005.047) were made by Bertine Jensen's grandmother. Her grandmother made them at the time of Bertine's birth (1877) for Bertine's future trousseau. Flax was grown and harvested by Bertine Jensen's grandfather. Then the flax was made into thread and eventually spun into these linen sheets. The museum's collection also contains a bedding set that Bertine Jensen made in 1904 for her trousseau. Bertine brought both of these bedding sets, as well as two heirloom folk costumes, when she immigrated to the United States in 1906. Bertine Jensen (later Bertine Jensen Norregaard) was born in 1877. Bertine met her future husband, Jacob Norregaard, in 1903-1904, when they were both teaching gymnastics and folk dancing at folk schools in Denmark. They became engaged, and Jacob sailed from Bremerhavn to Tyler, Minnesota in 1905. Bertine emigrated shortly thereafter, and the two were married in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 10 November 1906. Bertine died in 1973. |
Images |
026\1993005039.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
03/15/1993 |