English silk embroidery pincushion

An image of Textiles. Pincushion. Unknown maker, England. Triangular. Two identical sides joined by a band of pink ribbon. Polychrome silk embroidery. Fine canvas over pink silk ribbon, width 3.8 cm, length 4.75 cm, circa 1775 to circa 1825.

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Textiles. Pincushion. Unknown maker, England. Triangular. Two identical sides joined by a band of pink ribbon. Polychrome silk embroidery. Fine canvas over pink silk ribbon, width 3.8 cm, length 4.75 cm, circa 1775 to circa 1825.

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Accession Number: T.13-1940
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1020 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 126.14kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1

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18th Century 19th Century embroidered embroidery English Fitz_AA Georgian needle needlework needleworking pale pink pin cushion pincushion pink polychrome ribbon sampler silk stitched stitches stitching textile triangle triangular

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