Large 1901 Dark Blue Velvet Heart Shaped Emery with Hanging Loop mrs. lovechild the amazing old chippy green

the amazing old chippy green paint still hanging on to it is barely if at all chipping off any more

and all the better for the aging to the cloth I think

rayon and most famously

but hinge still in good shape

it is just the momentum from their forward motion that causes the arms to swing

Large 1901 Dark Blue Velvet Heart Shaped Emery with Hanging Loop mrs. lovechild the amazing old chippy greenFrom one side this large antique heart shaped velvet emery pin cushion (definitely it is filled with emery powder, sand like in density and used from sharpening pins and needles) looks almost black (a black heart), but from the other true blue. The near black side clearly once showed a message spelled out in pins, some of which is lost but enough pins remain to discern the date of 1901 (and one could certainly add a few pins to make the year clearer