Texas Hand-Embroidered Pillow by Catstudio

The Lone Star State. This original design celebrates the Country of...we mean State of Texas.
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: One of the largest assortments of circU.S.A.na in the world is at the Hertzberg Circus Museum in San Antonio, TX. Central Texas is often referred to as the Silicon Valley of the south for the large number of tech companies and jobs. Texas is home to Dell and Compaq computer companies. Waco Bridge over the Brazos River was the first suspension bridge in the nation. It was built in 1870 and is still in use today. The word 'Texas' comes from the Hasinai word TEJAS which means friends or allies. El Paso, TX, is closer to California than it is to Dallas, TX. When Apollo 11 landed on the moon in 1969 Aldrin and Armstrong communicated with Mission Control in Houston, TX. It was the first moon to earth call and included the phrase 'Houston. Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.' Texas is only 8,000sq miles larger than France. The Tyler Municipal Rose Garden contains 38,000 rose bushes in a 22-acre garden. It is the world's largest rose garden. The Texas state capitol building in Austin is the largest of all state capitol buildings in the US. The hottest recorded temperature in Texas was 120?? F in Seymour on August 12, 1936. The state of Texas experiences the most tornadoes in the country (an average of 139 per year). Miriam A. Ferguson was the first female ever elected to the office of governor. She was elected governor of Texas in 1925. The only hotel in North America built entirely over water is the Flagship Hotel on Seawall Blvd. in Galveston. It is a 7 story hotel built on the historic Pleasure Pier over the surf. Laredo is the largest inland port in the nation.