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Historic Costume | Fine and Decorative Arts

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Pincushion

Object/Artifact

Pincushion, cotton rainbow print- green-blue-chartreuse ombre stripe on brown ground, stiff paisley cone motif in stripes. Black alpaca (?) torchon lace sewn around perimeter; backed with dark blue silk/wool; cotton stuffed(?); attached crude red wool strawberry; several dozen pins, 2pc; 13 fine needles; brass pins like spikes; var, glass headed pins, stickpins. “E” picked out in pins on back side. Figured brown wool or mohair fabric seems to be the base fabric as seen through wear on underside. 4x5"

G88.253

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1850

pincushion

cotton

lace

wool

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