Kit, Needlework
- Object Name:
- Kit, Needlework
- Object ID:
- 1967.015.12
- Date:
- 1865-1880
- Description:
- Sewing Kit. Brown leather. Stiffened roll style, with brown satin silk ties. Rounded ends, with pins stuck in top of each end. 7" flap rolls around case, lined with brown silk. Pocket across top with button. Leather pocket with pointed flap, leather flap on other side, strap in center to hold scissors. Tiny diamond-shaped leather and silk emory on silk tab.
- Material:
- Leather
Satin
Silk - Dimensions:
- L-7.5 Dia-1.7 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Mrs. Samuel Hale and Mary Cartland Lomison. Belonged to donor's father, Charles S. Cartland. Donated with other items that belonged to Julia Hilliard Wallingford of Dover, NH. She married Charles Sumner Cartland, April 27, 1887, in Wellesley, MA. Charles worked as a banker residing in Dover, NH, and Julia was living in Wellesley at the time they were married.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Lucia C. Hale and Mary C. Lomison
- People:
- Cartland, Julia H. W. (1850-1894), Cartland, Charles S. (1851-1938), Hale, Lucia C. (1890-1973), Lomison, Mary C. (1892-1976)
- Subjects:
- Sewing, Sewing equipment & supplies
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