Leatherworking Tool Kit

Name/Title

Leatherworking Tool Kit

Entry/Object ID

G2001.097

Description

Simple, saddle tan pigskin sewing kit with bright steel lock. Scallop-edged lid lined with dark green moire with loops to hold tools. Inside lined with red moire print paper. Front drops down to reveal a mirror and a shallow unlined drawer. Inside contains steel netting needle with cotton thread, steel ‘hairpin’ shaped loop, 2 steel eyelet punches, 3 steel pinking tools, 3 leather or sacking needles of different sizes, smoothing rock, double steel crochet hook, broken black plastic crochet hook, double plastic stiletto, wood stiletto, broken bone knitting needle, altered wood netting shuttle, 2 wood splints, fragments of steel chain from a purse, small package of large iridescent yellow glass beads.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Category

Leatherwork

Lexicon

Search Terms

leather work, kit, tools

Relationships

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Place

Region

Southern Tier

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America