Pincushion
- Object Name:
- Pincushion
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.064
- Date:
- 1881
- Description:
- Pin ball, silk. Flat, oblong pincushion. One side is dark green silk, with a floral pattern, other side is dark blue with a pattern resembling footprints. Eight flat-head pins in sides, four roughly across from each other. With note: "Green pin ball. / Silk - mamas / wedding dress. / 1881- E-".
- Material:
- Textile
Silk - Dimensions:
- H-0.2 Dia-2.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.
The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley
- People:
- Stone, Alice P. (1849-1934)
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