East Midland, England Style Lace Bobbin
notes: label: Description
content: English East Midland style lace bobbin made of bone or ivory and decorated with black and red stripes and dots as well as the name Mary. One black round glass bead and two pink cubical glass beads are attached with a wire as a spangle to add weight to the bobbin. Fine S-spun linen thread is wound around the shaft of the bobbin for making lace.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mr. Philip H. Stoddard, 1980
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0685.25
label: accession number
content: 1980.0685
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0685.25
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bobbin
label: Object Name
content: lace bobbin
label: Other Terms
content: Bobbin; Needlework Tool
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: beads, glass (overall material)