PILLOW Pageant, A.I.R. Gallery – Flotation Pillow

artist:  Natalie Fizer

1960 Slumber Pillow, Frances Hayes U.S. patent no. 2,961,668

Flotation Pillow references a 1960 patent for a slumber pillow intended to comfort children susceptible to nervousness upon bedtime.  Constructed of recycled Styrofoam, rubber, and foam, it is offered as a buoyancy device to enhance dreaming while floating in water.