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1890-1920
GUSN-258084
Roughly square light-blue silk; tightly filled with sand or sawdust; small pieces of off-white lain woven cotton fabric cover top and bottom; the bottom panel is unadorned; top panel has a central square surrounded by four border strips with mitered corners and woven flowers; additional edges crocheted on cotton panels; off-white silk ribbons are laced through the crocheted borders and tied in multi-looped bows at two corners; in hope chest (acc. no. 1998.6174).
pincushions
silk (textile)
cotton (textile)
crocheting
floral patterns
Sewing
Pincushion
Original To Field-Hodges House (North Andover, Mass.),
Unknown
5 3/8 x 5 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Estate of Sarah Moore Field
1998.6217
North Andover (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Massachusetts (United States)
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