Small fitted case with needlework tools, after 1863
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1863
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Small leather case fitted with needlework tools, possibly after 1863, which is the patent date for one of the tools, a Burlingame needle threader. Box is fitted with tools, a mirror, and scent bottle.Given by Richard Ely to Harriet Hayes, in Binghamton, NY. Harriet was married to Caleb Hayes, a farmer. Richard Ely died in 1894.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Hope Anthony Levy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.1023.005
label: catalog number
content: 1986.1023.005
label: accession number
content: 1986.1023
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sewing box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: 4 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 3 1/8 in; 10.795 cm x 6.985 cm x 7.9375 cm