Strawberry Thief Percale Cotton Pillowcase Pair - Sage Green

Description This is a pair of pillowcases printed with Strawberry Thief, the classic Morris floral of birds picking through fruiting stems and curling foliage. The front is garment-washed slub cotton, which gives the surface a soft, lived-in hand from the first night rather than a stiff, brand-new feel. The reverse turns to a smooth percale cotton in a fine pinstripe, so the case reads one way as a busy botanical pattern and the other as a quiet stripe. Both faces are pure cotton, which breathes well and lets you launder the pair honestly at home. These sit on a dressed bed rather than a single sleeping pillow, framing the headboard behind whatever you sleep on. The oxford border and the piped trim give a tailored edge that holds its shape when the pillows are propped upright, so they suit a made-up bed you want to look considered. The green and gold pattern works against plain linens and against the striped reverse itself if you turn one case over, and it pairs comfortably with natural wood, cane and warm metal in the room around it. Construction is what you feel here. The face is slub cotton, deliberately slubbed for texture; the back is percale, a plain, closely woven cotton…