Sofa throw-over / furniture throw / Fancy Safety Pin

Decorative Safety Pin for Throw-Over

Silver Colour

4.3 cm long (standard safety pin size)

2 year guarantee – if it breaks, send us the broken pin, and we will replace it for free.

Post is inexpensive - AU$1.00 for Australia & New Zealand, with just ten cents for each additional pin purchased. Rest of the world – approximately US$2.20, with just ten cents for each additional pin purchased – Air Mail.

Need more than a few? We sell a dozen for the price of ten - no fuss, just order ten and twelve will be delivered.

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Do you want to make your modern three piece suite look more exotic and old-world? Do you want to give an extended life to a valued sofa by draping it with a chic embroidered fabric? Do you want to completely transform an old armchair by covering it up with a plush new quilt? If so – I am sure you have already thought of using a throw-over.

The use of furniture throws and heavy tapestry tablecloths goes back to the Renaissance. At the time, those items were an integral part of any decor. Today, originality is in style. Throws fit in beautifully, combining attractiveness, practicality and affordability to rejuvenate furniture. At the same time, they give furniture the kind of bold look that simply attracts notice. An elegant throw is a grand idea and it will look fabulous – until somebody sits on it!  Every time it’s used, your stylishly draped cover will turn into an untidy mess, or it will partially come off, rendering your quaint idea impracticable.  

What’s the solution? You can pin it, but ordinary pins will come out, sometimes with painful results. The best answer, then, is to truss it up with regular safety pins – however, they will stick out and look extremely ordinary, thereby cancelling out the aesthetic and antique effect of the throw.  

Now, exclusive to The Medieval Shoppe, we are offering broach-quality decorative safety pins to do the job just right. It won’t matter if our safety pins show, because they will actually enhance the throws and will not even be recognizable as safety pins unless closely inspected. These are not delicate novelty items, but durable clasps built for the task.

J Did you know…. The origin of the safety pin dates back to the Mycenaeans during the 14th century BC (Late Mycenaean III era). They are known as fibulae (singular fibula) and were used in the same manner as modern day safety pins. In fact, the very first fibulae of the 14th and 13th centuries B.C. looked remarkably like the safety pin. The safety pin was reinvented by American inventor Walter Hunt, and patented in April, 1849. The rights to the invention were sold for $400.

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