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Pattern, Leatherworking

Object Name:
Pattern, Leatherworking
Object ID:
1980.017.080
Date:
1850-1870
Description:
Leather-working pattern, paper. Heavy yellow paper. Shape: narrow end 0.8" wide, swells to 3.1" wide, tapers to neck 2.4" wide, swells again to width 3.3" at end. At wide end, tapered slot in center, 1" wide at bottom of it and about 2.8" long, opens up to about 2.1" with some irregular cuts on long sides. 0.2" diameter hole near slot at end. Number of small pinholes near pointed end and ~eight pinholes near flat end of slot. On one side, number of pencil lines in different swirls and flourishes that were probably on paper before it became a pattern. On other side of paper in pencil script: "G { } Y 3 1/2 inch".
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
W-3.3 L-20.6 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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