Bobbin

Classification: 
SEWING TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
Highlight: 
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Date: 
1780-1820
Medium: 
Wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 3/8 × 7/16 × 7/16 in. (13.7 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm)
Description: 

One of a group of twenty wooden handmade bobbins of various shapes and sizes. Has geometric designs of chip carving; flat sides; loop carved in the top and a carved decoration linked to the loop.

Credit Line: 
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number: 
Z.1564.20
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1820
eMuseum Object ID: 
69359
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bobbin

Classification: 
SEWING TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1780-1820
Medium: 
Wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 7/8 × 1/2 × 1/2 in. (12.4 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm)
Description: 

One of a group of twenty wooden handmade lace bobbins of various shapes and sizes. Has geometric designs of chip carving.

Credit Line: 
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number: 
Z.1564.17
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1820
eMuseum Object ID: 
69358
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bobbin

Classification: 
SEWING TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1780-1820
Medium: 
Wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 1/2 × 1/2 × 1/2 in. (14 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm)
Description: 

One of a group of twenty wooden handmade bobbins of various shapes and sizes. Has chip-carved, diamond-patterned shaft.

Credit Line: 
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number: 
Z.1564.12
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1820
eMuseum Object ID: 
69357
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bobbin

Classification: 
SEWING TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1780-1820
Medium: 
Wood, linen
Dimensions: 
Overall: 6 1/4 × 5/8 × 5/8 in. (15.9 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm)
Description: 

One of a group of twenty wooden handmade lace bobbins of various shapes and sizes. Has various geometric designs of chip carving; flat sides; loop carved in the top and a carved decoration linked to the loop.

Credit Line: 
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number: 
Z.1564.9
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1820
eMuseum Object ID: 
69356
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bobbin

Classification: 
SEWING TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1780-1820
Medium: 
Wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 6 1/2 × 3/4 × 3/4 in. (16.5 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm)
Description: 

One of a group of twenty wooden handmade bobbins of various shapes and sizes. Has various geometric designs of chip carving; cylindrical; loop carved in the top and a carved decoration linked to the loop.

Credit Line: 
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number: 
Z.1564.7
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1820
eMuseum Object ID: 
69355
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bobbin

Classification: 
SEWING TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1780-1820
Medium: 
Wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 6 × 5/8 × 5/8 in. (15.2 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm)
Description: 

One of a group of twenty wooden handmade bobbins of various shapes and sizes. Has various geometric designs of chip carving; cylindrical; loop carved in the top and a carved decoration linked to the loop.

Credit Line: 
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number: 
Z.1564.6
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1820
eMuseum Object ID: 
69354
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bobbin

Classification: 
SEWING TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1780-1820
Medium: 
Wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 5/8 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (14.3 × 1.4 × 1.4 cm)
Description: 

One of a group of twenty wooden handmade bobbins of various shapes and sizes. Has various geometric designs of chip carving; flat sides; a loop carved in the top and a carved decoration linked to the loop.

Credit Line: 
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number: 
Z.1564.4
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1820
eMuseum Object ID: 
69353
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bobbin

Classification: 
SEWING TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
1780-1820
Medium: 
Wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 6 × 3/4 × 3/4 in. (15.2 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm)
Description: 

One of a group of twenty wooden handmade bobbins of various shapes and sizes.
Flat sided, with various geometric designs of chip carving; loop carved in the top and a carved decoration linked to the loop.

Credit Line: 
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number: 
Z.1564.1
Provenance: 

Vilmos Szilárd, Budapest, Hungary, 1928; Elie Nadelman

Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1820
eMuseum Object ID: 
69351
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Thimble of Lydia Lewis

Classification: 
SEWING TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
ca. 1860-1880
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3/4 x 5/8 in. (1.9 x 1.6 cm)
Description: 
Gold thimble with initials "L.L." (Lydia Mount Lewis).
Credit Line: 
Gift of Carol R. Townsend
Object Number: 
2012.24.3
Gallery Label: 
This thimble belonged to the donor's great-grandmother, Lydia C. Mount Lewis, who married Francis Lewis (1837-1878).
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1865
eMuseum Object ID: 
69039
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Portable electric sewing machine, model 128-23

Classification: 
SEWING TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
Highlight: 
Not promoted
Date: 
ca. 1952
Medium: 
Metal, veneered wood, and other materials
Dimensions: 
Case: 14 x 17 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (35.6 x 43.8 x 21 cm) Overall (Sewing machine): 11 x 12 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (27.9 x 31.1 x 17
Description: 
Portable table-top electric sewing machine, Singer model 128-23; black with gold stencilled lettering and ornament; with foot pedal and lamp. Veneered wood case. Serial number JGO46456.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Michael J. Gallagher and Mary Ann Dzupin Gallagher in memory of Kathryn Vislocky Gallagher
Object Number: 
2011.10.5ab
Gallery Label: 
The 1952 portable sewing machine was owned by the donor's mother-in-law, Kathryn Vislocky Gallagher (1918-1985). By the time the donor met her in the mid-1960s, the sewing machine was a fixture in her house, where it was kept out and at the ready on a small table. The elder Mrs. Gallagher loved to purchase McCall's dress patterns as well as fabric and buttons from the many small stores on the Lower East Side.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1957
eMuseum Object ID: 
67215
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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