DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada

Pair of boots pin cushion

NamePin cushion

Artist Artist not recorded

DateLate 19th or early 20th century

Place madeUnited States, North America

MediumCotton, silk

Dimensions7 1/16 × 5 11/16 × 1 in. (18 × 14.5 × 2.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of the Patricia M. Newman Trust, FA.2016.24.13

Object numberFA.2016.24.13

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionThese boots, which mirror one another, are tacked together at the heel, and at the top with a yellow silk ribbon where the boots join. The velvet{een] front is of tans, brown and black with decorative stitching at seams and top. A tan cotton serves as the back.