DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada
Inlaid sewing box with pin cushion lid
NameSewing box
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Date19th-20th century
Place madeUnited States, North America
Place madeEurope
MediumWood, varnish, velveteen
Dimensions2 3/4 × 4 1/2 × 2 15/16 in. (7 × 11.5 × 7.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of the Patricia M. Newman Trust, FA.2016.24.28ab
Object numberFA.2016.24.28ab
DescriptionThe wooden sewing box with a sliding lid is topped with a pin cushion of burgundy velveteen. Around the sides and base of the pin cushion is a transfer design, formed to look like marquetry.
Late 19th-early 20th century
