Pattern, Leatherworking
- Object Name:
- Pattern, Leatherworking
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.066
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Leather-working pattern, paper, heavy. Tan-colored with a lot of surface dirt creating a darker surface. Parallel surface textures emphasized by surface dirt. Pattern long, gentle curve with sharper curve at one end. Larger end 2.2" wide and 1.2" wide at other end with sharp curve. Largest width 4.9". Torn and worn hanging hole near one end. On one side, number of small grooves in paper that do not coincide with predominate pattern. On side, notation in ink script: "No 2". "N" & "2" have flourishes.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- W-10.5 L-24.1 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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