Queen Adelaide, wife of William IV . was very careful of pins. She had them arranged on a cushion in flowerpatterns. She would say, “Go get me a pin from the third row of the first right-hand flower.” The pin had to be returned to the cushion after use!
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20280, 14 April 1934, Page 17 (Supplement)
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