Pincushion
- Object Name:
- Pincushion
- Object ID:
- 2005.016.07
- Date:
- 1820-1830
- Description:
- Pin case/cushion. Rectangular paperboard container covered with pink silk. One half of interior is a cushion holding 12 brass pins. Other half is a compartment holding thread wrapped in paper. Inside of cover is pencil verse in French, signed "C.M." In sewing box owned by Sarah Thompson (1774-1852), Countess Rumford.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk - Dimensions:
- H-2.2 W-1.6 D-0.7 inches
- Provenance:
- Owned by Sarah Thompson (1774-1852), Countess Rumford.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Klaudia S. Shepard
- People:
- Thompson, Sarah (1774-1852)
- Subjects:
- Sewing, Needlework
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