Pincushion cover
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cotton
Measurements
230 mm (D); 215 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Castle Ward, County Down
NT 837062
Summary
Lawn pincushion cover, white embroidered and trimmed with 30 mm wide scalloped lace; fastened on underside with three small pearl buttons; embroidered front has central initial 'E B' with a coronet above; 40 mm from central motifs is a circle of repeating French knots; branching from circle to each corner is a horseshoe shape of two stems with opposite branching leaves and three small five-petalled flowerheads; within this cover is cushion pad decorated with small repeating cross stitch worked in wool; pattern is a line of red and a line of blue diamond motifs that repeat alternately on a gold background.
Marks and inscriptions
E B (embroidered front)