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Pincushion

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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

ca. 1810

GUSN

GUSN-50457

Description

Pincushion made of white cotton mull; ruffled border; top embroidered with yellow wool thread.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pincushions
wool (textile)
cotton (textile)
cotton (textile)
Unidentified Textile
Pincushion

Associated Building

Original To Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

40708-A

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

7 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.486

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