Needlepoint pincushion, square, with olive-green and red stylized flower/snowflake-like design, with looped green-edging for fringe; back is of red, worsted wool; cushion is stuffed.
pincushions
needlepoint (needleworking)
wool (textile)
worsted
Container, Needlework
Holder, Needlework
Pincushion
Pincushion
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
6 3/4 x 6 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.428
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