Pincushion
Category
Textiles
Date
1850 - 1864
Materials
Velvet
Measurements
21 x 23 x 70 mm
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Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 781514.1.11
Caption
Alexander, Lord Peckover was an avid collector and the Cabinet of Curiosities is testament to his many travels throughout Europe and North Africa. All of the Peckover’s were great travellers and many of their journeys are recorded in the diaries and watercolour albums we hold in our archive collection.
Summary
Pin cushion. Victorian red velvet pin cushion in shape of a slipper with pins. Paper label attached and inscribed in ink 'Given me when I was a child KEP 1864'.
Provenance
Created by Alexander, Lord Peckover, in the mid 19th-century and passed down through the family. Loaned to the National Trust by the Antony Penrose Collection.