Box
- Object Name:
- Box
- Object ID:
- 2019.016.02
- Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- circa 1920
- Description:
- Textile sample box, Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, Manchester, NH. Rectangular wooden box with hinged cover. Box joints at corners. Cover has impressed black lettering: "Compliments of / Amoskeag Manufacturing Company / Manchester, New Hampshire.", and company trademark, "AMCo", in red, white, and black. Contains 13 samples of wool and cotton in various states of processing, from raw to yarn, in 14 compartments with wooden dividers (one compartment is empty). Each compartment has a printed paper label. Compartments are covered with a sheet of glass. Cover has two brass hinges. Brass latch on front.
- Material:
- Wood
Textile
Wool
Cotton - Dimensions:
- H-2.6 W-9.8 D-7.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Received by the Vermont Historical Society from the estate of Erlene Leonard (1933-2017) of East Calais, VT, who worked in woolen mills in the Montpelier area for a time.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Vermont Historical Society
- Subjects:
- Textiles, Textile industry, Textile production, Wool, Wool industry, Cotton, Cotton industry
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