Square pilllow pincushion with red worsted wool top and sides; flannel bottom; beaded loop fringe. There is a white beaded flower in the center and white beaded quatrefoils in the corners with green accent beads.
pincushions
straight pins
wool (textile)
flannel
Pincushion
18.737
Unknown
Newtonville, Massachusetts, United States, New England
8 x 8 x 2 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Carter
1918.737
ca. 1848 (The previous owner of the piece received it in 1868 when it was claimed to be twenty years old already.)
Massachusetts (United States)
Newtonville (Newton, Middlesex county, Massachusetts) [part of inhabited place]
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