Large c. 1907 Pin Cushion with Embroidered Grid of Sewing Tools James Bone drawing plus several pages of alphabets

plus several pages of alphabets in various fonts at the front

in different fonts

and then exposing the plate to light

Box measures 6 3/4" x 2 3/8" x 1 9/16" t and is in good structural shape

but when I spotted this from a distance

Large c. 1907 Pin Cushion with Embroidered Grid of Sewing Tools James Bone drawing plus several pages of alphabetsNo 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,