Sewing kit

Object/Artifact

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Name/Title

Sewing kit

Entry/Object ID

2025.9.83

Description

Sewing kit, trifold style, of black imitation leather (textured paper). Interior panels of pink silk satin with loops for tools (none extant), mirror with imitation leather binding, and pocket faced with off white wool, pinked. Facing contains six plastic buttons on cards (three white, three black), two silver tone metal pins and one sewing needle, and two black metal safety pins.

Category

sewing kit

Acquisition

Accession

2025.9

Source or Donor

Brooklyn Museum

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown maker

Date made

circa 1900 - circa 1949

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

sewing kits

Dimensions

Dimension Description

closed: 2 × 3 × 1/2 in. (5.1 × 7.6 × 1.3 cm) open: 6 3/8 × 3 × 3/16 in. (16.2 × 7.6 × 0.5 cm)

Parts

- 6 plastic buttons on cards (3 white, 3 black) - 2 silver tone metal pins - 1 sewing needle - 2 black metal safety pins

Material

Paper, Silk, Wool, Plastic, Metal

Color

Black

Location

Box

Box 4 (Brooklyn Museum Collection)

Cabinet

Object Cabinet

Room

Studio