Thread winders
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Myrtlewood
Dimensions:
Each: 1 7/8 × 1 7/8 × 1/8 in. (4.8 × 4.8 × 0.3 cm)
Description:
Set of six matching myrtlewood thread winders in the shape of crosses.
Object Number:
Z.1500.9a-f
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
31157
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needle wax
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Wax, silk
Dimensions:
overall (carrot): 2 x 1/2 in. ( 5.1 x 1.3 cm )
overall (medallion): 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. ( 1.3 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Two lumps of needle wax, one in the shape of a medallion and the other in the shape of a carrot with silk ribbon at the top.
Object Number:
Z.1500.7-8
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
31149
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needle wax
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Ivory, wax
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 1 in. ( 1.3 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Needle wax set between two carved ivory discs to resemble a spool of thread.
Object Number:
Z.1500.6a-c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
31147
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needle case
Classification:
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
Horn, glass, linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 7/8 x 1/2 in. ( 9.2 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Oval needle case made of horn, covered in glass beadwork on linen ground; red, blue, white and black diamond design.
Object Number:
INV.9788ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
31143
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needle case
Classification:
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
Wood, glass, linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 7/8 in. ( 10.8 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Cylindrical wooden needlecase covered with beadwork on linen ground, blue background with yellow and red fleur-de-lis.
Object Number:
INV.9779ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
31140
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Collection of wooden tools
Classification:
Date:
1750-1825
Medium:
Wood, lead
Dimensions:
overall (largest): 9 1/8 x 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 23.2 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Collection of various wooden tools used for netting work, including (a-c, l) four netting shuttles; (d) mesh stick/gauge with long, straight sides and rounded ends; (j, n, g, f, k, m) six cylindrical gauges of wood with flat ends and of various lengths and diameters; and (e, h, i) three unsharpened pencils (both ends flat), of various lengths and diameters, perhaps used for the same purpose as the wooden implements they resemble.
Object Number:
Z.160a-n
Marks:
stamped: into one of the pencils: "W. MONROE. CONCORD.MS"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
31127
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wool cards
Classification:
Date:
1700-1750
Medium:
Wood, lether, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 9 3/4 x 3/4 in. ( 25.4 x 24.8 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Pair of wooden hand carders, working surface of each has a piece of leather studded with thin iron teeth, the leather is nailed onto the card.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1920.25ab
Marks:
carved: center, outside: "NATHAN R BOLTON / MASSACHUSETTS / No 6 / WOOL"
carved: above maker's carving: "UP"
Provenance:
The George W. Nash Collection of Ulster County, New York Household Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1750
eMuseum Object ID:
31116
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needle case
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 1 1/8 in. ( 12.7 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Turned and carved wood needle case depicting an Alpine hunter with shotgun and stag, seated atop a column pedestal.
Object Number:
INV.9831ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
31101
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needle case
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
overall: 2 3/8 x 3/4 in.
Description:
Cylindrical needle case of rolled sheet metal. The flat ends are capped with brass.
Patented to a manufacturer of metal boxes, Ernest Jahncke, of Canonbury Works, London. Originally contained 100 needles in five sizes. Jahncke made numerous small metal boxes for various purposes, including a number of other needle working tools. "Mitrailleuse" refers to the resemblance between the packed needle case and contemporary long barreled military volley guns.
Object Number:
INV.9854ab
Marks:
stamped: over one end: "KIRBY BEARD & Co. / BEST ENGLISH / 50 / NEEDLES / LONDON & REDDITCH"
stamped: over opposite end: ""JAHNCKE'S / PATENT / MITRAILLEUSE / NEEDLE CASE"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
31097
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sewing book
Classification:
Date:
1839-1850
Medium:
Silk, glass, wool, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 2 x 1/4 in. ( 10.2 x 5.1 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Brown silk sewing book in the shape of a bellows, floral beadwork design on one side, the inside is lined with green silk and holds one wool felt leaf, the book closes with a green silk ribbon loops attatch near the handles of the bellows which loops around both handles, the other end holds a needle threader commemorating the crowning of Queen Victoria.
Object Number:
Z.1541.5ab
Marks:
stamped: one side of needle threader: "VICTORIA I. BORN MAY 24, 1819"
stamped: opposite side of needle threader: "CROWNED JUNE 28, 1838."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
31090
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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