DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada

Boot pin cushion

NamePin cushion

Artist Artist Not Recorded

DateLate 19th-Early 20th century

Place madeUnited States, North America

Place madeEurope

MediumSilk velveteen, silk laces

Dimensions6 7/8 × 3 3/8 × 13/16 in. (17.5 × 8.5 × 2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of the Patricia M. Newman Trust, FA.2016.24.11

Object numberFA.2016.24.11

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionBlack velveteen boot with purple silk laces. Decorated at calf with a brown and white uneven herringbone. The top seam is decorated in leaf stitch. At the end of the seam is a tan, cream blue, purple tassle.

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