 | Darning Egg
Very nicely turned blunt ended darning egg with handle. Handle and egg all one piece of wood, possibly oak. Two incised lines on the flat of shoulder. |
 | Sewing Clamp, Thread Holder and Pincushion
Thread holder and pin cushion with clamp to secure to table top. Turned, possibly, baluster stem with cup holding cloth-covered pincushion. Five turned birch barrels on branches from center. Each barrel holds a spool of thread. Thread is fed out through holes in barrel. |
 | Pieced Pocket - Printed Cottons
Pocket pieced in squares and rectangles from four printed cottons. One is a printed and woven plaid; brown, white and green woven stripes with red and black printed stripes. One fabric is an overall floral with white flowers that have a red center and with green and red leaves, outlined in black on... |
 | Needlework
Woman's pocket embroidered in crewel stitches. Fabric at bottom front is a cotton and linen weave, which has been embroidered. Top and back fabrics of pocket are linen. 3/16" wide blue and white woven tape ties. Center opening. Irregular placement of embroidery on both sides of opening indicates... |
 | Pieced Pocket Marked "R.F."
Pocket pieced on the front from block-printed cottons in various striped, spotted and geometric patterns in madder colors (two with indigo). Lined and backed with coarse white cotton. White tape ties. Marked in cross-stitch in dark brown thread, "R.F.," with a heart on a rectangle with a small... |
 | Silk Pincushion - L.C. Peck
Silk pincushion in cream and green with striped and floral brocade pattern. Bound with ruching of green silk cord, tassels of green and cream silk floss at each corner. Pin heads spell out "L. C. P" on one side and "L. C. Peck" on the other. |
 | Round Pincushion - Flower Basket and Dove
Round cardboard disc covered with blue-green silk. Pasted on each side are cream colored paper circles with pierced borders. Each has a painted motif: one a basket of pink and blue flowers with green leaves; the other a dove with olive branch descending on a globe within a cloud and the inscription,... |
 | Plum Silk Pincushion
Rectangular pincushion stuffed tightly, which has created the appearance of incurring sides. One side made of plum-colored shot silk, the other side is beige silk. Silk tassels at each corner in shades of cream and beige. |
 | Octagonal Silk Sewing Case
Octagonal pieced sewing case with two parts connected by pink silk ribbons; with three pockets, one of them shirred. One section of the case is 1/2" thick, stuffed with soft material and bound with pink ribbon to make a pin case. One side has a painted design with flowers, an arrow and "BR to MF" in... |
 | Petal-Shaped Sewing Case
Petal-shaped sewing case with hinged lid. Exterior covered with red leather and bound with various pink and red ribbons. Lined with silk inscribed in ink: "And I have measured/half my days,/And half my journey run,/Nor tasted the Redeemers grace,/Nor yet my work begun./Oh Thou who seest and... |
 | Cylinder-Printed Housewife
Cylinder-printed cotton housewife with three bag-like pockets. Bottom pocket and back are a red fabric with elaborate flowers in red, blue, pink, brown and cream. Three different flower motifs, one has a brown and cream leaf. Each flower has a brown "coral" stem with brown buds. Middle pocket is a... |
 | Red Morocco Sewing Case
Red morocco sewing case bound with narrow green silk ribbon, lined with green, red, pink, white and black plaid silk. Made with two interior pockets, soft sided cushion reinforced with cardboard with a hole for a thimble (one is with the case). Front leaf has seven sections for floss. White wool... |
 | Housewife Using Recycled Materials
Housewife or sewing case pieced from three different fabrics. Trimmed with light blue silk tape. Inside material is an 18th-century embroidered silk, the fragment of a larger design. Worked in shades of green, yellow, cream and pink with silver threads on ribbed cream silk. Two red wool leaves. |
 | Acorn Thimble Case
Small thimble case carved from plant ivory to look like an acorn. Top screws off to reveal a compartment that holds a thimble of the same material. |
 | Cardboard Sewing Box with Sewing Accessories
Cardboard box with a fitted cover. All sides are covered with a small patterned paper. Cover has a piece of velvet with theorem painting of open roses, buds and leaves, in muted rose and yellow colors. Edges of cover are trimmed with embossed gold paper. Interior of box is divided into four square...
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