From Your Valentine pillow sham, Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell

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Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell, From Your Valentine pillow sham
Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell, From Your Valentine pillow sham
Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell
From Your Valentine pillow sham
1998
Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell, artist
1931–2023
From Your Valentine pillow sham, 1998
Where object was made: Lawrence, Kansas, United States
Material/technique: piecing; cotton; appliqué; stitching
Dimensions:
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 34.9 x 36.8 cm
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 14 1/2 x 13 3/4 in
Credit line: Gift of Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell and Bill
Accession number: 2013.0183
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Personal Geometry: Quilts by Yoshiko Jinzenji and Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell," Feb-2014, Susan Earle and Cassandra Mesick This quilted pillow sham portrays the legend of Saint Valentine, a Catholic priest who was imprisoned and martyred in 3rd-century Rome because of his faith. While in jail, Valentinus taught his blind daughter Julia arithmetic and theology. As a result of the faith that she developed, she prayed for sight and was able to see again. Valentinus sent her a note on the eve of his death signed, “From Your Valentine.” His death sentence was carried out on February 14, 270 C.E. The redbirds perched on the almond tree represent abiding love and mating for life. This valentine was drawn for the artist’s husband Bill on February 14, 1997.