Large Antique Handmade Tufted Wool Pin Cushion with Hand-Tatted Border ballerina size relationships not exact

size relationships not exact

especially with those faces at the top corners

which looks likely to be adhered to board and is not behind glass in the frame

they really look like a painting

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Large Antique Handmade Tufted Wool Pin Cushion with Hand-Tatted Border ballerina size relationships not exactAnother week, another great old pin cushion (actually a couple today); such a wonderful variety out there, and wonderful embodiments of the persistent drive to make mundane things special. This is a large one, late 19th century or so I would guess, with colorful raised designs, I think properly described as tufted wool, against a dark navy ground, also wool I believe. And very sweet hand tatted lace trim around the perimeter. Like a whole showcase