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Knitting Needle

Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1800-1899

GUSN

GUSN-4548

Description

Lot of 61 steel knitting needles of assorted lengths; each an elongated cylindrical rod tapered to point at either end.

Details

Descriptive Terms

needles (piercing tools)
steel (alloy)
Needle, Textile Making
Needle, Knitting
Steel
Needle, Knitting

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.755

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