Pattern, Leatherworking
- Object Name:
- Pattern, Leatherworking
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.074
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Leather-working pattern, paper. Dark brown, heavy paper with coarse particles in it with a number of brown specks throughout sheet. Pattern 0.8" wide at narrow end, then tapers upward to width of 2.4" near center. Narrows slightly to 2.2", then tapers again to 2.35" at other end. Wide end cut straight across. Three pin holes at narrow end; four pinholes just above center in rectangular pattern; two pinholes top end near center. On one side, central pinhole locations have scribe marks through them. On other side, pencil numbers: "2 3/4 [ in ]". In paper itself, black printing: "Tin and [ ]" Other backward letters at right angle to each other: "Worth & .... ". Other things printed in different fonts and sizes.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- W-2.4 L-21.8 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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