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Knitting needle case(?)

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1920-1940

GUSN

GUSN-50793

Description

Elongated tapering form w/ shaped top w/ green cotton knit handle w/ single pink glass bead. The case woven in dense pattern of oriental devices and medallions in shades of green, blue, and brown. Lined w/ red silk.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cases (containers)
cotton (textile)
silk (textile)
weaving
Cotton
Silk
Woven
CASE

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

13 x 2.625 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.364

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