Pattern, Leatherworking
- Object Name:
- Pattern, Leatherworking
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.079
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Leather-working pattern, pencil on paper. Light tan two-ply paper. Shape is roughly a long slightly tapering rectangle. One long scalloped edge. Other long edge has fairly simple long double curve. Parallel lines that taper slightly apart. At narrow end, sides are straight ~3". Beyond that, sides undulate to create shallow rings and broad ridges that follow one after the other with complete repeat about every inch. Near broader end, repeat stops, then slight widening of lines to square end.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- W-2 L-18.8 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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