New Hampshire Hand-Embroidered Pillow by Catstudio

Item #: CATST-EMB-PL-NewHampshire

$168.00

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New Hampshire Hand-Embroidered Pillow by Catstudio

This original design celebrates the State of New Hampshire - from Nashua to Dartmouth to Mt. Washington to Portsmouth!
This pillow is entirely HAND embroidered on light tea-colored 100% organic cotton. Amazingly it can take up to one week to embroider one pillow! It is also unique in nature since each artisan incorporates a certain flair and signature to his/her work. Accented with black velvet piping.

  • Embroidered entirely by HAND: it takes 40+ hours to make one!
  • Dimensions: 20" x 20"
  • Materials: 100% Organic Cotton; Poly form included; Button closure.
  • Hand-Embroidered and Made in India.
  • Care Instructions: Dry clean only.
  • Fun Facts: The granite "Old Man of the Mountain" is one of the most famous natural landmarks in the state, 40 feet from chin to forehead, this profile was carved by nature thoU.S.A.nds of years ago. "Mary Had a Little Lamb" poem was written by New Hampshire resident Sarah Josepha Hale (1830). America's Stonehenge is a 4000 year old megalithic site in Salem. New Castle is the smallest town at .8 square miles, it is composed of one large and several smaller islands. Astronaut Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. of New Hampshire, was the first American to travel in space (1961). The first women's srike in the United States occured in 1828 at the Dover Cotton Factory. Nearly 400 mill girls walked out yet were forced to return to work when the mill owners sought to replace them. The mechanical alarm clock was invented in concord by Levi Hutchins in 1787. The New Hampshire State House is the oldest state capitol with original chambers still in use (since 1819). The longest covered bridge in the country is the Cornish-Windsor Bridge in New Hampshire. The double-span bridge reaches 460 ft. The largest American flag was created at Amoskeag Mill in Manchester, HM. The flag measured 95 feet by 50 feet (created in 1914).
Size:
20''x20''
color:
Multi
material:
Cotton
features:
Hand Crafted