Abram Whitlock's Civil War "Housewife" or sewing kit
date: label: date made
content: ca.1861
notes: label: Description
content: Rollup style case or kit for holding sewing materials, called a "housewife." Made of printed cotton calico. Calico has a leaf print on a striped ground. According to family history used by Abram Whitlock of New Brunswick, New Jersey as a soldier during the Civil War. "Housewives" (also called hussifs or sewing kits) were common gifts to Civil War soldiers on both sides of the conflict.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: related event
content: Civil War
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T09916.000
label: catalog number
content: T09916.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Needlework Case
label: Object Name
content: housewife (sewing case)
label: Object Name
content: housewife (sewing kit)
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plain weave; cylinder printed (overall production method/technique)