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Case, Needle

Object Name:
Case, Needle
Object ID:
2005.016.06
Date:
1820-1830
Description:
Needle case. Red leather exterior. Green leather lining. Contains needlebook with paper pages, but no needles. Needlebook has marbled covers. Adjacent to book is piece of yellow wool covering a piece of silvered glass. In sewing box owned by Sarah Thompson (1774-1852), Countess Rumford.
Material:
Tissue
Leather
Textile
Wool
Glass
Dimensions:
H-2.2 W-2.9 D-0.75 inches
Provenance:
Owned by Sarah Thompson (1774-1852), Countess Rumford.
Credit Line:
Gift of Klaudia S. Shepard
Subjects:
Sewing, Needlework
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