Pattern, Leatherworking
- Object Name:
- Pattern, Leatherworking
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.093
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Leather-working pattern, pricked paper; light cardboard pattern and pounce-like pattern, in shape of rounded bulb tapering to slightly rounded end. Neck 1.1" wide at end. Fanciful simple floral pattern incorporated into shape. Pattern delineated by series of small punched holes. All holes driven from one side. Other side has raised area where paper was pushed aside by perforating device. Some holes appear as from cobbler's needle due to triangular shape of resulting hole. Some slight upturning of outer edge of pattern. Turned-up edge on same sides as roughened hole surface.
- Material:
- Paper
Cardboard - Dimensions:
- W-2.9 L-4.9 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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