Massachusetts Hand-Embroidered Pillow by Catstudio

Henry David Thoreau says "Hi!" This original design celebrates the State of Massachusetts - from Nantucket to the Berkshires to Boston!
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: Birthplace of the frozen meal: Clarence Birdseye invented frozen foods in Gloucester in 1925. Basketball and Volleyball were both invented in Massachusetts (in 1891 and 1895 respectively). Boston is home to the first subway system (built in 1897). The first computer, Multics, was invented in Cambridge, MA at MIT 1964. The First lighthouse built in the United States was Boston Lighthouse built on Little Brewster Island in 1716. In 1877 the Footlight Club was founded in Jamaica Plain, it is the oldest coontinuously producing community theatre in the U.S. Boston Common is the nation's first public park, established in 1634. Rockport, MA is home to the unique "Paper House" a small one story house built with newspaper walls. It was designed and built by Elis Stenman in 1922. The first purebred dog developed in America was the Boston Terrier (a cross between an English Bulldog and English Terrier) in 1869. Until 1820 the entirety of New England was all one state named Massachusetts. Harvard University, the country's first college, was founded in 1636. Boston is 330 miles south of Portland, Oregon yet sees more snowfall that its West Coast counterpart.