Skeins of chenille embroidery yarns
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1875 - ca. 1910
notes: label: Description
content: Skeins of chenille and worsted embroidery yarns. Packages marked "Utopia Brand", "L.S. & B., N.Y.", and "H.E.F., New York"; in yellow, dark green, and dark red. Found in the attic of "Hill House", "the Shadows", Alexandria, Virginia. Family line runs from Ida Melissa Hill (b.1850) to Melissa Lovejoy Hill (b. 1877) to Harriet L. Hill (b. 1912). Any of these women might have used these yarns in their embroidery. Chenille work was popular from the mid 19th century into the 20th.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Malcolm Westcott Hill
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T12652.00A
label: catalog number
content: T12652.00A
label: accession number
content: 235870
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Yarn, Embroidery Chenille
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: chenille yarn (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: dark red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: dark green (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 4 in x 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 10.16 cm x 1.27 cm