Rectangular stuffed pillow of red silk covered with tea-dyed crocheted cotton doily in grid triple-crochet pattern with branch in center and looped border.
pincushions
cotton (textile)
crocheting
dyeing
silk (textile)
Container, Needlework
Holder, Needlework
Pincushion
Pincushion
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
3 1/2 x 5 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.734
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