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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Pincushion
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Pincushion

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1800
MediumWalnut veneer | Birdseye Maple | Ivory | Straw | Textile | Cushion
DimensionsOverall: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Overall, Support: 31 1/4 in. (79.4 cm)
InscribedWritten in pencil on bottom of drawer: "16 June hungriss (?)".
Credit LineGift of Mr. Frank P. Dickinson
Object number64.106.1
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, MMH, Consul Room
DescriptionPincushion on a screw on a box with a drawer with a tiny turned ivory knob. Side and drawer front are inlaid. Given to be used in conjunction with embroidery frame 64.79.1.

Exhibition HistoryMyers House
New photography by Pat Cagney with a digital camera.
William Kent
ca. 1753
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
William Seay
ca. 1790
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
ca. 1700
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1750-1799
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
ca. 1800
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1790
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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
1884-85
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Audrey Handler
1988
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2020
Louis Majorelle
ca. 1900