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Wool and cotton pincushion in rounded, flower-like form; eight petal-like patchwork scalloped edges are in red, green and white against a dark, greenish-gray ground; red and white center; backed with bright green wool fabric with black edges; there is a quilt-like look.
pincushions
cotton (textile)
sewing (process)
wool (textile)
Container, Needlework
Holder, Needlework
Pincushion
Pincushion
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
6 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.396
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