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Object Number 99-12-10/53274
Display Title Pillow for making lace
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pillow, roller cushion, with lace sample in progress, 2 bobbins dangling
Classification
  • Textileworking
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • American
  • Colonial Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Essex County / Ipswich
Materials Cotton, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 20.5 x 24 x 25 cm (8 1/16 x 9 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-10/53274
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner Anna Dodge
Donor David Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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