Sewing Pincushion
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- Date
- 1930 â 1950
- Material
- fibre; paper; metal; plastic; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0027 a,b
- Description
- Two, fabric covered, box shaped pincushions with padded tops stuck full of straight pins, safety pins, and needles. (a) larger, blue, satiny fabric with white and pink print border, stretched tightly over sides of cardboard box and carefully stitched along edges, pink and white print cover padded tâĤ
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- Title
- Sewing Pincushion
- Date
- 1930 â 1950
- Material
- fibre; paper; metal; plastic; glass
- Dimensions
- 4.5 x 9.1 x 9.1 cm
- Description
- Two, fabric covered, box shaped pincushions with padded tops stuck full of straight pins, safety pins, and needles. (a) larger, blue, satiny fabric with white and pink print border, stretched tightly over sides of cardboard box and carefully stitched along edges, pink and white print cover padded top of cushion, thread loops, broken, at each corner of underside. Note: fabric worn through in small spot .4 cm at one of underside corners. Brownish stain, 2.5 x 1.3 cm on one side. (b) smaller, white fabric with soft pink and blue floral design. Constructed as (a), with blue ribbons and small pink flowers predominant in the pattern on the sides, and a pink pot of flowers on the top. Bottom covered with pink material, with a faceted clear glass bead stitched to each corner acting as feet for the pincushion.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- craft
- sewing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0027 a,b
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