Crochet Hook
date: label: date made
content: after 1915
notes: label: Description
content: Crochet hook with a celluloid handle. The "M.E.F. / 11 / PAT. AUG. 17, 1915" inscription refers to Mary E. Fitch, the crochet enthusiast of Brookline, Mass., who obtained a design patent on the form.
label: Description
content: Ref: Mary E. Fitch, “Crochet Needle,” U.S. Design Patent 47,718 (Aug. 17, 1915).
label: Description
content: Mary E. Fitch, Filet Crochet with Instructions (Brookline, 1915).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1576
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1576
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: crocheting hook
label: Object Name
content: crochet hook
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (handle and case material)
label: Physical Description
content: ferrous metal (needle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 cm x 11.4 cm x 1.9 cm; 3/8 in x 4 1/2 in x 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall; in case: 1/2 in x 4 9/16 in x 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 11.58875 cm x 1.905 cm