Tool Set, Milliner's

Object Name:

Tool Set, Milliner's

Object ID:

1992.047.21

Date:

1900-1920

Description:

Box of sewing tools, thread, and other items, from millinery shop of Richard Codaire (1863-1930), Manchester, NH. Cardboard shoe box containing awl, tracing wheel, 6" ruler, needles, spools of thread, and package of embroidered letters. Also some non-sewing items: miniature binoculars in leather pouch, jackknife, and metal shoehorn. Box has removable cover.

Ruler: wood, with printed advertisement for Clarence M. Edgerly Insurance, Manchester, NH.

Material:

Wood
Metal
Textile

Dimensions:

H-3.5 W-6 L-11 inches

Provenance:

Richard Codaire (1863-1930) was born in Abbotsford, Quebec, and became a naturalized US citizen in Holyoke, MA, in 1888. He moved to Manchester, NH, by 1890, and married Gertrude E. Morse Robie (1874-1968) in Nashua in 1892. The couple lived in Manchester and had four children. Richard operated a millinery shop. The Codaire family lived at 85 Walnut Street (1896-1897), then 235 Lowell Street (1898-1900), 223 Lowell (1901-1910), and back to 85 Walnut (1911-1930). The millinery shop was at 33 Hanover Street, (1896-1910), then 30 Bridge Street (1913-1915) and 102 Hanover Street (1917-1921). The collection belonged to Richard Codaire's daughter, Margaret Sproul-Bolton (1903-1994). She was the great aunt of the donor, Beverly Galante.

Credit Line:

Gift of Beverly and Carl Galante

People:

Codaire, Richard (1863-1930)

Subjects:

Millinery, Millinery stores, Sewing equipment and supplies, Sewing, Needles