Large Antique Handmade Tufted Wool Pin Cushion with Hand-Tatted Border advertising card Signed on the underside

Signed on the underside

it would be easy to tie a string or ribbon around the end and hang it from the wall just to admire it

I love both the formal qualities and the semiotics of it all (all sort of signs and symbols at play

I purchased this one from an auction in Topeka

Large Antique Handmade Tufted Wool Pin Cushion with Hand-Tatted Border advertising card Signed on the undersideAnother 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