Wooden Sewing Box with Handle

Object/Artifact

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Windham Textile and History Museum

Name/Title

Wooden Sewing Box with Handle

Entry/Object ID

2011.4.42

Description

A wooden handles box made to hold sewing notions. Spindles feature on both sides of the box for holding spools of thread, and the doors on the top open to reveal a spacious interior for other notions. The box is chipped at one corner and scuffed in various places. One of the doors is loose. On one end of the box a handwritten piece of paper is taped which reads "Embroidery threads, etc." in blue ink.

Collection

Flynn Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Box, 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

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Archives U1-A-2

Category

Permanent

Date

August 28, 2024

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Donated by owner

Owner/Agent

Cynthia Chmura

Acquisition Date

May 24, 2024

Created By

Kearney, Quinlan

Create Date

August 28, 2024

Updated By

Kearney, Quinlan

Update Date

August 28, 2024