Pincushion
1800-1830
Medium/TechniqueBirchbark, porcupine quills, silk plain weave, glass beads
DimensionsHeight x width: 10.5 × 9.5 cm (4 1/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, Frank B. Bemis Fund, Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund, Helen and Alice Colburn Fund, Edwin E. Jack Fund, Frederick Brown Fund, Elizabeth M. and John F. Paramino Fund in memory of John F. Paramino, Boston Sculptor, Harriet Otis Cruft Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, Helen B. Sweeney Fund, Susan Cornelia Warren Fund, Samuel Putnam Avery Fund, Alice M. Bartlett Fund, Jane Marsland and Judith A. Marsland Fund, and Mary E. Moore Gift
Accession number2018.3029
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Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
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1840
late 18th century to early 19th century
mid 18th–late 18th century
1844
1875–1900
early 20th century
about 1880
about 1880s
about 1875
1900–25