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1830-1840
GUSN-25357
Cardboard box containing lacemaker's pillow made of cotton print stuffed w/ straw. Cotton print bag of bobbins (mostly bamboo). Paper lace patterns.
housewives (containers)
needlework (visual works)
cardboard
cloth
straw (plant material)
Cardboard
Straw
Synthetic Fabric
KIT, NEEDLEWORK
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
9.5 x 12.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.490
Massachusetts (United States)
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