Antique Boot-shaped Pin Cushion or Whimsy with Pinwork Detail antique numbers I do know it is

I do know it is an extremely lovely little thing

Definitely worthy of hanging

facing one another or with backs turned

designed by Nils Thorsson

Antique Boot-shaped Pin Cushion or Whimsy with Pinwork Detail antique numbers I do know it isIve been eyeing the decorative use of stickpins on old pin cushions and other little things of late, so was thrilled to find this wonderful little boot, with painstakingly executed stickpin border all around, and a couple of tiny tassels at top to boot (ha!) Down the front toe of the boot the pins punctuate embroidered laces; on the rest of the perimeter they run down the center of carefully done edge stitching. Some loss fraying of what I think is