Pillow sham with embroidered signatures attributed to Beret Evanson, Mount Horeb, 1901-1904.
Object name
Pillow sham
Alternate object name
Pillowcase
Maker
Evanson, Beret Syverud Stugard, 1838-n.d.
Date
1901-1904
Dimensions
17"L x 17"W
Materials and techniques
Embroidered cotton
Original location
Mt. Horeb, Dane County, Wisconsin
Current location
Mt. Horeb, Dane County, Wisconsin
Description
Square white cotton pillow sham with embroidered signatures in red, pink, yellow, and gray. "1901" embroidered in one corner and "1904" in opposite corner. 4"-wide ruffle and machine-made lace edge.
History
This pillow sham descended in the Evanson family of Mount Horeb. According to the records of the Mt. Horeb Area Historical Society, Beret Syverud was born in Nordre Nrdal, Norway in 1838 and arrived in the United States with her family at the age of 10. In 1856 she married Harold Stugart and settled on a farm in the Town of Springdale, Dane County, Wisconsin. After the death of her first husband in 1875, she married Hans Evanson in 1882. The Evansons moved from the Town of Springdale to Mount Horeb in 1896
