<div dir="ltr">As the outer row of stitching is extremely close to the edge, I think that this may have been cut out of a larger panel. My guess is that it is a lightly padded bolster from the upholstery of a furniture piece or perhaps a carriage, maybe at the side of a seat.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 9:54 AM Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <<a href="mailto:bcma@lists.vifa.ca">bcma@lists.vifa.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’re hoping that someone can help us identify these items from our museum, (see attached photo). They came as part of a large collection but with no indication as to what they might be. They are old and very worn, with velvet on one side
and leather on the other. Both have a small round impression in the same corner – this can be seen at the top centre of the photo. The velvet doesn’t appear to have been regularly sat or stepped on, so we don’t think they are seat covers or some kind of mat/rug.
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4">Todd Davidson</font><div>Operations Manager</div><div>Princeton and District Museum and Archive</div><div>167 Vermillion Ave., PO Box 281,</div><div>Princeton, BC, V0X 1W0</div><div>250-295-7588</div><div><a href="http://www.princetonmuseum.org" target="_blank">www.princetonmuseum.org</a></div><div><br></div><div><i>We acknowledge that our activities take place on the traditional lands of the</i></div><div><font size="4"><i>Upper Similkameen First Nation</i></font></div></div></div></div></div>