Pattern, Leatherworking
- Object Name:
- Pattern, Leatherworking
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.081
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Leather-working pattern, paper. Bright yellow heavy paper. Pattern shape: narrow end of 0.9" that tapers to 4.2" wide. Long taper down to 3.5" wide, then tapers outward again to 4.5" at end. Slightly tapered rectangular slot at big end, 1.3" wide, tapers out to about 2". 3.2" long. Inside edge of slot cut irregularly. One side of slot, piece may have come off end. On one side of pattern, number of fanciful pencil lines in ovals and swirls; pattern cuts through them. On other side, pencil script: "[ ] Jay 5 inch".
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- W-4.5 L-21.5 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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