Sewing kit

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Sewing kit

Entry/Object ID

SS.78.11 a-f

Description

a. Folding leather sewing kit lined with magenta and black patterned silk and trimmed in brown silk containing pouch sewn with green silk, leather compartment that closes with a fastened tab on flap and a pincushion with hole in middle to store thimble. b. Pincushion, separate from kit, contains 9 steel sewing straight pins. c. Ivory tatting shuttle fastened with 2 brass pins holding beige thread. 2 1/2" d. Ivory bodkin with turned top. 2 1/2". e. Ivory ripper with hook and 3 blades, 2 brass pins holding. 2" closed. f. Brown twill tape tie, 32 1/2" long.

Collection

Sunnyside Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1834 - 1867

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

SS.78.11 A-F

SS.78.11

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

4-1/2 in

Length

15 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 15 in. (11.4 x 38.1 cm)

Material

thread, Silk, ivory, Steel, brass, Tape, Leather

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Tatting shuttle and ripper have leather adhered to them; leather is in fair condition.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Hoffman Family

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Accessioned in 1978, received before (1967).

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 13A

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial