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Pin cushion
American
18th century
Object Place: USA
Medium/Technique
Embroidered satin
Dimensions
8.5 x 10.5 x 4.5 cm (3 3/8 x 4 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number54.1351
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionA pin cushion, roughly rectangular with elongated points covered with white satin (now much yellowed), embroidered with polychrome silks, on one side a pair of male figures, fruit, flower, and crescent moon, on other side bird pecking at cherry, cloth covered table with symbolic vessels on top.