Pincushion
- Object Name:
- Pincushion
- Object ID:
- 1967.032.087
- Place of Origin:
- Enfield, NH
- Date:
- 1909
- Description:
- Pincushion. Shaker. Circular woven oat straw base, shiny and dull finish, bound with white kid. Domed green velvet top with silk floss from rim to center, forming eight sections. Green satin ribbon bow on side. Written in ink on bottom: "From Mary Darling & / Elizabeth Brooks / (Shaker Sisters) / August 12, 1909 / To Maude M. Rock / Lebanon NH."
- Material:
- Grass
Leather
Silk
Velvet - Dimensions:
- H-1.5 Dia-2 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of collection of Rock and Millen families of Lebanon, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ethel Rock Millen
- People:
- Rock, Maude M. (1874-1949), Brooks, Elizabeth, Darling, Mary, Millen, Ethel Rock (1890-1980)
- Subjects:
- Sewing, Sewing equipment & supplies, Pincushions, Shakers
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