DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada
Pair of shoes pin cushion
NamePin cushion
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
DateMid-19th century
Place madeUnited States, North America
MediumWood, fiber, silk, paint
Dimensions2 15/16 × 4 5/16 × 37 3/8 in. (7.5 × 11 × 95 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of the Patricia M. Newman Trust, FA.2016.24.16
Object numberFA.2016.24.16
DescriptionThis handmade pin cushion consists of a pair of high-heeled pointed shoes painted gold with dark blue green silk thread ties, laced through holes. The cushions (one in each of the shoes' opening) are of a bluish green fabric. The shoes sit on an irregular hexagonal wooden base.
Late 19th-early 20th century
