Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sewing Needles
Object Number:
2002.1.691
Date:
1890-1910
Medium:
Paper, metal
Dimensions:
6 3/4 x 5 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This needle package still in its original waxed paper wrapper is one of three mounted together on a board for display. The front is has a drawing of a man helping a woman wind yard into a ball below a mirror cut out so that the needles inside show. The back has kittens playing in a sewing basket and reads "The Compliments/ Needle Assortment". Inside there is needles in various sizes attached to gold, red and green foils. See also 2002.1.688
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
