Printing Block
notes: label: Description
content: Block used for stamping braiding design on fabric and Godey’s Lady’s Book August 1856, p 163, which was the source of the design. In the 1850’s and 1860’s ads in Godey’s Lady’s Book mention that the blocks were used for braiding.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: made at
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Victorian Needlework
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss Edna Plummer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T10517
label: catalog number
content: T10517.000
label: accession number
content: 186730
objectType: label: Object Name
content: printing block
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 12.065 cm