Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Box, Needlework |
Catalog Number |
F94.2.10 |
Description |
Ovular six-sided lift top sewing box; braided leather handles, velvet reserve top, florets with faceted steel centers, opening to raspberry silk interior. Lower body having curvilinear bombeshape with applied florets on velvet. Contents of box: steel sewing scissors, steel ribbon "needle" in case, silk ribbon garter, card of hooks and eyes, sterling silver thimble from Columbian Exposition (1892), ivory handled file. |
Date |
ca. 1850 |
Year Range from |
1850 |
Year Range to |
1900 |
Title |
Needlework Box |
Material |
Pressed Leather, Velvet Braided Leather, Silk, Faceted Steel |
Subjects |
Needlework Sewing Sewing equipment & supplies |
Lexicon category |
10: Unclassifiable Artifacts |