Kit, Toilet
- Object Name:
- Kit, Toilet
- Object ID:
- 1967.015.04
- Creator:
- Cartland, Charles
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Dover, NH
- Date:
- 1887-1890
- Description:
- Toilet caddy, made of natural-colored linen in a plain-weave, with various pockets bound with red worsted tape, which are mounted on backing with one square end and one round end, also bound with the red tape. The caddy can be rolled up and tied with the red tape ties at the rounded end. Each pocket, which is accordian-pleated so that it will expand, is embroidered with red Berlin wool yarn in cross stitch with the name of the article that is to be kept in the respective pocket: "Sponge," "Pins," "Soap," "Tooth," "Brush," "Razor," [another] "Brush," and [a third] "Brush" and "Comb." The reverse side of the rounded end is embroidered, also in the red cross stitch, "C. S. C."
- Material:
- Textile
Linen
Wool - Dimensions:
- W-12.5 L-22.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Mrs. Samuel Hale and Mary Cartland Lomison. Made by the father of the donors, Charles Sumner Cartland (1851-1938), a banker from Dover, NH, who married Julia Hilliard Wallingford (Cartland) of Dover, NH, on April 4, 1887 in Wellesley, MA, where she was living at the time.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Lucia C. Hale and Mary C. Lomison
- People:
- Cartland, Julia H. W. (1850-1894), Cartland, Charles S. (1851-1938), Hale, Lucia C. (1890-1973), Lomison, Mary C. (1892-1976)
- Subjects:
- Accessories, Embroidery, Needlework, Travel, Luggage
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