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English pin cushion with inscription and motifs

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An image of Pin Cushion. Green ground with inscription and motifs on polychrome silks and metal thread, ‘I’. Silk, knitted, metal threads, 1722. English.

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Pin Cushion. Green ground with inscription and motifs on polychrome silks and metal thread, ‘I’. Silk, knitted, metal threads, 1722. English.

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  • Accession Number: T.8-1940
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 832 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 893.19kB

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