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DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada

Shoe pin cushion

NamePin cushion

Artist Artist unrecorded

DateLate 19th century

Place madeNorth America

Place madeEurope

MediumSilk, glass beads

Dimensions1 × 3 3/8 × 3/16 in. (2.5 × 8.5 × 0.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of the Patricia M. Newman Trust, FA.2016.24.2

Object numberFA.2016.24.2

DescriptionThis hand made yellow silk shoe with yellow silk sole has silk thread wrapped around yellow beads to resemble shoe lacing. A yellow silk cord outlines the ankle area.

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