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Wooden Darning Egg

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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

GUSN

GUSN-10875

Description

Large smooth two-toned oval; wooden darning egg.

Details

Descriptive Terms

darning eggs
turning (shaping process)
varnishing
wood (plant material)
darning eggs
Varnished
Turned
Wood
Egg, Darning

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4 1/2 x 2 3/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.635

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