Kit, Needlework
- Object Name:
- Kit, Needlework
- Object ID:
- 1967.032.138
- Date:
- circa 1860
- Description:
- Sewing kit. Silk bag with flower pattern on one side and stripes on the other. Drawstring closure. Inside sewing bag is a metal thimble, missing its top, two balls of thread, a red triangular pincushion with bead work on two sides and a long red ribbon on other, and a bone or ivory round object that might be a lid to something.
- Material:
- Metal
Textile
Silk - Dimensions:
- W-2 L-3 D-0.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Belonged to Mary T. Pelton Rock, grandmother of donor.
Part of collection of Rock and Millen families of Lebanon, NH. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Ethel Rock Millen
- Subjects:
- Sewing, Sewing equipment & supplies
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