Needle Book: Kirby Beard and Co's Needles Made in Redditch

Object/Artifact

Goulbourn Museum

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

NN0318

Description

The needle book's exterior is a dark green in colour and is covered completely in leather. The book is held closed by a small strap that goes from the back of the book to the front and slips through a small flap in the leather. Within the book there are two pieces of hard cardboard, which have writing on them that reads "Kirby Beard and Co's Needles Made in Redditch" There are also 6 pages of cloth which each hold up until 8 or so different sized needles.

Context

This case was made by Kirby, Beard & Company sometime during the 20th century. The business is primarily known for manufacturing pins and needles but it also specialized in jewelry, watches and other luxury accessories.

Collection

Artefact Collection: No Number (NN)

Made/Created

Notes

Quantity produced: 1

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Case, Needle

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Case, Needlework

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Needlework

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Needleworking Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Textileworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Dimensions

Height

9.4 cm

Width

6.5 cm

Depth

1.5 cm

Material

Leather, fibre, cotton - fibre, coton, steel, paper, cardboard