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Pin-cushion
Heart shaped 'sweetheart' pincushion covered with red and dark blue satin, and filled with sawdust. Decorated with glass pins and woven silk panels. The central panel is inscribed with a verse: 'THINK OF ME / WHEN THE GOLDEN SUN IS SINKING / AND YOUR MIND FROM CARE SET FREE / WHEN OF OTHERS YOU ARE THINKING / WILL YOU SOMETIMES THINK OF ME'. Trimmed with a peach coloured woollen braid. Maker unknown. Sent in a box marked 'With Love' to Miss Elen Burns of Rhymney, Monmouthshire.
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F08.30.1
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
height (mm):100
width (mm):280
depth (mm):270
Techniques
machine stitched
weaving
Material
mercerised cotton (fabric)
wool (fabric)
silk (fabric)
steel
metal
metal thread
glass
wood
Location
In store
Categories
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