Pin Cushion

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Pin Cushion

Entry/Object ID

CW 1621

Description

Pin cushion. Round ball shape. Stuffed (likely cotton), covered in white natural silk. Embroidered with purple and yellow pansies. White gauze ribbon attached for holding, attaching to clothes.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1795

Place

* Untyped Place

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Notes

Possibly Sarah Wheeler Johnson

Material

Cotton, Silk