Housewife

Name/Title

Housewife

Entry/Object ID

G2006.124

Description

Housewife, entirely hand stitched, made of furnishing print brown copperplate (probably). The pattern is rural but hard to discern what it was overall. Printed on cotton. Made as a tube with a pointed flap on the top of one ‘side’ and a little drawstring pouch-pocket at the bottom."

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1800

Lexicon

Search Terms

Housewife, copper print, toile