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Square pincushion with blue silk top and moss green silk bottom with handwritten note tacked to bottom; blue side has lace overlay with pearls in each corner.
pincushions
straight pins
silk (textile)
pearl (animal material)
Unidentified Textile
Pincushion
"The silk (damask on/the underside was made/from a piece of Mather/Byles' dressing gown. had/been previously was/made over for him./The corner ornaments had/been worn on a dress by Mrs. Abigail Adams at the/Court of St. James./C.C.J." (handwritten)
Unknown
5 1/2 x 5 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Estate of Mrs. Jane N. Grew
1920.447
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