Box, Needlework
- Object Name:
- Box, Needlework
- Object ID:
- 1967.047.27
- Place of Origin:
- Alfred, ME
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Box, sewing, Shaker. Rectangular woven straw or poplar splint sewing box. Cover and base bound with white kid. Tied with small lavender ribbon knots (blue faded to lavender). Elastic loop for handle-hasp, with white button for catch. Lined with blue velvet and partitioned at each corner. White fleur-de-lis pattern bottom, stamped "SHAKER GOODS / ALFRED / ME / TRADEMARK" enclosed in broken wreath. Dual vegetable ivory (?) spool with black thread wound around it in one pocket on inside.
- Material:
- Grass
Leather
Velvet - Dimensions:
- H-1.7 W-4.9 D-4 inches
- Provenance:
- Maine communities of Shakers, Alfred and Sabbathday, ME, said to use poplar wood splints for their baskets.
Part of collection of Rock and Millen families of Lebanon, NH. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Ethel Rock Millen
- People:
- Millen, Ethel Rock (1890-1980)
- Subjects:
- Sewing, Sewing equipment & supplies, Boxes, Shakers
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