Hardware, Harness
- Object Name:
- Hardware, Harness
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.061
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Leather harness fitting, rectangular. Formed brown leather with dark dye finish. Leather strip has been wrapped around rectangular form so it will encompass something ~0.4" high x 0.75" wide. Four holes on back adjacent to central seam. Thread remnants running through holes. Raised edge around openings on ends on sides and top. On top surface is raised rectangular border. Inside of border are symmetrical orbs with open ends. These look like symmetrical stylized tulips facing away from each other. These are on background of raised diamonds in weave pattern.
- Material:
- Leather
- Dimensions:
- H-0.66 W-1 L-1.4 D-0.09 inches
- Provenance:
- From the estate of Charles Symonds, Loudon, NH, purchased at T.R. Langdell auction, June 28, 1980. The Symonds family included leatherworkers David H. Symonds (1804-1877) and his son George Symonds (1838-1930) of Concord, NH. The family also lived in Hopkinton, NH.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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