Pattern, Leatherworking

Object Name:

Pattern, Leatherworking

Object ID:

1980.017.091

Date:

1850-1870

Description:

Leather-working pattern, pricked paper. Cardboard and pounce-like pattern. Yellow paper with brown core. Square shape. Two corners that are fairly square; opposite somewhat rounded. Central straight pencil line. Some drawn grooves in paper surface along three sides. Line about 0.15" from edge. A second parallel line, about 0.3" inside of first line. Line follows curvature of rounded corners. Punched pattern in square alignment; punched with triangular tool. Shape roughly a heart with fanciful rendition at top. Four of these that all have pointed end facing out with larger portion of heart facing center. Two hearts closest to flat edge at square corners, ~1.1" from top edge. Individual heart shapes not connected to each other. Two random clusters of five holes in square corners. Front side pencil notation: partial mark then "English"; below that: "Boston" in pencil script; these face to left. On back side, some random, long-curving pencil lines. On back, pencil script: "George". On back, paper pushed aside where punch passed through it.

Material:

Paper
Cardboard

Dimensions:

W-5.3 L-5.3 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

People:

Symonds, David H. (1804-1877), Symonds, George (1838-1930), Symonds, Charles D. (1890-1980)