Box, Needlework
- Object Name:
- Box, Needlework
- Object ID:
- 1947.023.04
- Date:
- circa 1830
- Description:
- Sewing Box. Rectangular cardboard box with cloth pincushion on lid. Box is trimmed in yellow and gold design paper on top and edges. Mirror inside hinged lid. Contains two miniature thimbles and a small leather case in the shape of a book with "NEEDLES" stamped in gold lettering on flap. Needle case is made of wood and red leather that has faded to brown. Both the needle case and the sewing box have label: "I.M. Beard / Freedom, N.H. / Sept. 25, 1947.".
- Material:
- Paper
Tissue
Metal
Textile - Dimensions:
- H-1.3 W-2.7 L-4.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Note from donor: "The sewing things came from my maternal great-grandmother, Mary Colcord of Brentwood (1766-1860). Whether they were her own childhood possessions or her daughter's I do not know. The Colcords were a well known and widely spread family allied with many prominent families in colonial New England.... " Mary Colcord married Samuel Foster (1758-1826) of Brentwood.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ithamar M. Beard
- Subjects:
- Sewing, Sewing equipment & supplies
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