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18th Century Material Culture
Bolsters, Pillows, & Sheets
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Bolsters & Pillows
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Text From: Gunston HallROOM USE STUDY
( www.GunstonHall.com )
Bolstersare defined as a long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of persons lying
on a bed; generally laid under the pillows. Generally long enough to reach across theentire head of the bed, bolsters provided a firm support to help the sleeper achieve thedesired semi-sitting posture preferred in the eighteenth century. Bolsters, like beds, couldeither be made at home or purchased ready made. In 1761, Thomas Jones purchasedbolster tyck and the 1767 order of Charles Carroll, Barrister, included a request not onlyfor best fine thick flanders Bed ticks but also for bolsters and pillows.
Pillows, like bolsters were ticking sacks filled with a variety of stuffing materials. Generallysquare in shape during the period, they could be made at home or purchased ready-made.Two Spittle field best Bed Tick, boulster & pillows were among the goods ordered by theJones family in the 1760s. Other examples of imported pillows include GeorgeWashington's July 1767 order for . . . ticks with Boulsters & Pillows, and that of JohnGalloway's invoice from Palmer & Company in England for pillows.
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Detail: The Progress of a Rake, or, the Templars Exit
Published by John Brindley 1732(The British Museum)
BOLSTER PILLOW
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The Drunken Couple
byJan Steen c. 1655 - 1665(Rijksmuseum)
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The Drunken Couple
byJan Steen c. 1655 - 1665(Rijksmuseum)
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The Drunken Couple
byJan Steen c. 1655 - 1665(Rijksmuseum)
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THE CURTAIN LECTURE The Words by Mr. Durfey
by Thomas DUrfey c. 1690(Lewis Walpole Library)
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THE CURTAIN LECTURE The Words by Mr. Durfey
by Thomas DUrfey c. 1690(Lewis Walpole Library)
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Lady Undressing for a Bath
Attributed to Gerardus Duyckinc c. 1730 - 1739(National Gallery of Art)
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The Progress of a Rake, or, the Templars Exit
Published by John Brindley 1732(The British Museum)
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Mollys First Correction
by Gravelot 1739(The British Museum)
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Mollys First Correction
by Gravelot 1739(The British Museum)
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The Feeble Bart or the Disappointed Bride
by George Bickman the Younger c. 1749(The British Museum)
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Detail: Filial Piety
by Jean Baptiste Greuze 1763(The Hermitage, St. Petersburg)
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The Methodist Taylor caught in Adultery
by Robert Sayer 1768(Lewis Walpole Library)
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Detail: The Methodist Taylor caught in Adultery
by Robert Sayer 1768(Lewis Walpole Library)
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A late SCENE at BARNET.
London c. 1770(Lewis Walpole Library)
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The CITIZEN RETIRED, or, BUSINESS at and END till MONDAY
by Carington Bowles 1772(Lewis Walpole Library)
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The CITIZEN RETIRED, or, BUSINESS at and END till MONDAY
by Carington Bowles 1772(The British Museum)
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Lydia
by William Dickinson after Rev Mathew William Peters 1776(The British Museum)
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A Bagnio Scene
Published by Sayer & Bennett 1778(The British Museum)
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A Bagnio Scene
Published by Sayer & Bennett 1778(The British Museum)
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THE WHORES LAST SHIFT
by James Gillray, Produced by William Humphrey 1779(The British Museum)
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THE WHORES LAST SHIFT
by James Gillray, Produced by William Humphrey 1779(The British Museum)
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THE WHORES LAST SHIFT
by James Gillray, Produced by William Humphrey 1779(The British Museum)
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Sleeping Child
by William Doghty after Sir Joshua Reynolds 1780(The British Museum)
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THE ROYAL BED AND STAR
18th Century(Lewis Walpole Library)
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Girl with a Birdcage
by Jean-Frdric Schall (1752-1825) - Late 18th Century(Victoria & Albert)
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BolsterDate Unknown
(Blickling Hall, Norfolk (Accredited Museum))
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Linen Ticking Bolster
Date Unknown(Erddig, Wrexham (Accredited Museum))
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Bolster
Date Unknown(Erddig, Wrexham (Accredited Museum))
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Linen Bolster
18th - Early 19th Century(Jenna Schnitzer)
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Linen Bolster
18th - Early 19th Century(Jenna Schnitzer)
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Linen Bolster
18th - Early 19th Century(Jenna Schnitzer)
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Linen Bolster
18th - Early 19th Century(Jenna Schnitzer)
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Linen Bolster
18th - Early 19th Century(Jenna Schnitzer)
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Linen Bolster
18th - Early 19th Century(Jenna Schnitzer)
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Linen Bolster
18th - Early 19th Century(Jenna Schnitzer)
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Linen Bolster
18th - Early 19th Century(Jenna Schnitzer)
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Linen Bolster
18th - Early 19th Century(Jenna Schnitzer)
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Linen Bolster
18th - Early 19th Century(Jenna Schnitzer)
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Linen Bolster
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Pillowcases
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American Linen Pillowcases with Silk Embroidery
Pennsylvania 1787(Colonial Williamsburg)
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American Linen Pillowcases with Silk Embroidery
Pennsylvania 1787(Colonial Williamsburg)
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American Linen Pillowcases with Silk EmbroideryPennsylvania 1787
(Colonial Williamsburg)
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American Linen Pillowcases with Silk EmbroideryNew York c. 1790 - 1820
(Colonial Williamsburg)
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Sheets
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English or Irish Linen Bed Sheet with 1/4 Hem Marked CKc. 1770
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
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English or Irish Linen Bed Sheet with 1/4 Hem Marked CKc. 1770
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
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American Linen Bed Sheet with 1/4 Hem Marked AM from Pennsylvaniaby A. Mitchell 1745
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
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American Linen Bed Sheet with 1/4 Hem Marked AM from Pennsylvaniaby A. Mitchell 1745
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
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American Linen Bed Sheet with 1/4 Hem Marked AM from Pennsylvaniaby A. Mitchell 1745
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
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American Linen Bed Sheetby Mary Wallace of Londonderry, New Hampshire 18th Century
(New Hampshire Historical Society)
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Acknowledgements
The 18th Century Material Culture Resource Center is once again indebted to SteveRayner for his many contributions to this slideshow.
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