Collection Highlights
Poems, Henricus Selyns
Date:
1659-1686
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Selyns
Medium:
Ink on paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sewing book
Object Number:
Z.1541.5ab
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 )
Marks:
stamped: one side of needle threader: "VICTORIA I. BORN MAY 24, 1819"
stamped: opposite side of needle threader: "CROWNED JUNE 28, 1838."
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.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
