Pincushion
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Textile, metal
Description:
Pincushion is almond-shaped with strawberries embroidered in silk and tassels around the edge and is attached to an embroidered silk pocket containing three pins.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1948.60b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
55650
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sewing table
Classification:
Date:
1853-1860
Medium:
Metal, fabric
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 2 in. ( 14.6 x 10.8 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Ornate metal sewing bird with pin cushions on back of bird clip and also above thumb-screw clamp.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1920.114
Gallery Label:
Clamps, often crowned with a pin cushion, were screwed to the side of a table and gave sewers a free hand with which to cut or pin. During the 1850s, clamps in the form of birds, referred to as "hemming birds," were particularly popular.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
55028
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sewing kit
Classification:
Date:
2003
Medium:
Silk, felt, plastic, metal
Dimensions:
overall when closed: 4 x 4 in. ( 10.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Handmade travel sewing kit made from blue, green, and white striped silk fabric with embroidered bumblebees; when unfolded, two pockets are revealed to hold sewing supplies (thread, pins, needles, buttons, measuring tape); strip of felt at center holds additional pins and small scissors. Kit held closed by silk ribbon ties; faux closure of ornate simulated pearl and gold button.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
2003.16.3
Marks:
printed: on label tied to felt: "Sewing Travel Kit / Fashioned by: / Jane Frances Ditzel / N.Y.C."
Gallery Label:
This sewing kit and other items were purchased from New York Exchange for Woman's Work during the last week of its operation in February, 2003. The Exchange was founded in 1878 by Candace Wheeler and Mary Atwater Choate to provide respectable women who needed to earn living, particularly Civil War widows, a viable means for supporting themselves. The exchange was forced to close in 2003 due to high overhead and a waning market for handmade goods.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2003
eMuseum Object ID:
53548
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Case
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Silk, cardboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 9.5 x 7 cm )
Description:
Green moiré silk fabric case with peach colored lining and peach ribbon tie closure.
Credit Line:
Gift of Barbara Taylor Hackney
Object Number:
2003.43d
Marks:
stamped: "STERLING"
Gallery Label:
This case holds three sterling silver bodkins that belonged to Emma Corby Hoyt (1855-1937) of Brooklyn, New York, who used them to make baby clothes. They were donated by her great-granddaughter. The bodkin --a blunt needle with a large eye for drawing tape or ribbon through a loop or hem -- was an essential needlework tool for sewing the heavily eyeleted, looped, and laced-together fashions dominating the nineteenth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
53526
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bodkin
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 in. ( 6.7 cm )
Description:
Sterling silver bodkin with embossed floral motif
Credit Line:
Gift of Barbara Taylor Hackney
Object Number:
2003.43a
Marks:
stamped: "STERLING"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
53525
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin cushion
Classification:
Date:
2003
Medium:
Cotton, polyester, plastic, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 3 in. ( 8.9 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Pincushion in the shape of a mushroom handmade from a spool of thread beneath a dome-shaped piece of ethafoam covered with a white polka dot fabric. Five pins, two securing buttons, are embedded in the pincushion.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
2003.16.2
Marks:
printed: on underside of spool: "OMEGA / Polyester covered / Core thread / 200 yd. 182.8m / Made in / U.S.A."
Gallery Label:
This pin cushion and other items were purchased from New York Exchange for Woman's Work during the last week of its operation in February, 2003. The Exchange was founded in 1878 by Candace Wheeler and Mary Atwater Choate to provide respectable women who needed to earn living, particularly Civil War widows, a viable means for supporting themselves. The exchange was forced to close in 2003 due to high overhead and a waning market for handmade goods.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2003
eMuseum Object ID:
53493
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin cushion
Classification:
Date:
2003
Medium:
Cotton, polyester, plastic, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 3 in. ( 8.9 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Pin cushion in the shape of a mushroom handmade from a spool of thread beneath a dome-shaped piece of ethafoam covered with orange-checked cotton gingham. Three pins and a safety pin are embedded in the pincushion.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
2003.16.1
Marks:
printed: on underside of spool: "OMEGA / Polyester covered / Core thread / 200 yd. 182.8m / Made in / U.S.A."
Gallery Label:
This pin cushion and other items were purchased from New York Exchange for Woman's Work during the last week of its operation in February, 2003. The Exchange was founded in 1878 by Candace Wheeler and Mary Atwater Choate to provide respectable women who needed to earn living, particularly Civil War widows, a viable means for supporting themselves. The exchange was forced to close in 2003 due to high overhead and a waning market for handmade goods.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2003
eMuseum Object ID:
53492
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bodkin
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Sterling silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 in. ( 6.7 cm )
Description:
Sterling silver bodkin with embossed floral motif
Credit Line:
Gift of Barbara Taylor Hackney
Object Number:
2003.43c
Gallery Label:
This is one of three sterling silver bodkins that belonged to Emma Corby Hoyt (1855-1937) of Brooklyn, who used them to make baby clothes. They were donated by her great-granddaughter. The bodkin --a blunt needle with a large eye for drawing tape or ribbon through a loop or hem -- was an assential needlework tool for sewing the heavily eyeleted, looped, and laced-together fashions dominating the nineteenth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
53083
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bodkin
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Sterling silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 in. ( 6.7 cm )
Description:
Sterling silver bodkin with embossed floral motif
Credit Line:
Gift of Barbara Taylor Hackney
Object Number:
2003.43b
Marks:
stamped: "STERLING"
Gallery Label:
This is one of three sterling silver bodkins that belonged to Emma Corby Hoyt (1855-1937) of Brooklyn, who used them to make baby clothes. They were donated by her great-granddaughter. The bodkin --a blunt needle with a large eye for drawing tape or ribbon through a loop or hem -- was an assential needlework tool for sewing the heavily eyeleted, looped, and laced-together fashions dominating the nineteenth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
53082
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Three bodkins in case
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Silver, silk; cardboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 9.5 x 7 cm )
Description:
Three silver bodkins in a shield-shaped case covered with green moiré silk.
Credit Line:
Gift of Barbara Taylor Hackney
Object Number:
2003.43a-d
Marks:
stamp: on bodkins: "STERLING"
Gallery Label:
These three sterling silver bodkins and case belonged to Emma Corby Hoyt (1855-1937) of Brooklyn, who used them to make baby clothes. They were donated by her great-granddaughter. The bodkin -- a blunt needle with a large eye for drawing tape or ribbon through a loop or hem -- was an essential needlework tool for sewing the heavily eyeleted, looped, and laced-together fashions of the nineteenth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
52721
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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