Large c. 1907 Pin Cushion with Embroidered Grid of Sewing Tools gilded whimsy and general style

and general style

All of the drawers

General wear to the paper label on the box but overall in good shape

with a powerful presence

two word text

Large c. 1907 Pin Cushion with Embroidered Grid of Sewing Tools gilded whimsy and general styleNo way could I resist this large folk art pin cushion, which combines many of my favorite things: grids, and words, and lists, and embroidery, and family names and, of course, is a pin cushion, too. It appears to have been made in 1907, with the name Clement written on the embroidered grid running around the sides just after that date, and then with more names added over time, terminating in 1942 (though perhaps 1907 was the birth year of the maker,