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Rectangular pincushion with voided dark green velvet bottom; applied fabric leave and flowers around top edges; verse in pins "May home ever have a/charm for thee./A.L. Abbott./May 1861/From Mother"; label with handwritten history on bottom.
pincushions
straight pins
silk (textile)
Pincushion
"May home ever have a/charm for thee./A.L. Abbott./May 1861/From Mother." (Spelled out in straight pins.)
"This cushion was made by Susanna Jaquith Abbott. Born in Billerica, Mass Dec. 27, 1797, daughter of Joseph and Susanna (French) Jaquith. She married Moses Abbott of Bedford, June 22, 1820." (handwritten)
Abbott, Susanna (Jaquith), 1797-1896 (Maker)
2 1/2 x 8 x 4 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Edgar J. Rollins
1946.255
Title Pincushion Accession Number 1963.81
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