Eyeglass Case
name: label: maker
content: Tisdale, Ellen Vaill
notes: label: Description
content: An eyeglass case made of perforated cardboard with flat and raised wool embroidery in floral designs, with initials “C.T.” It is mounted over gold paper, and has a blue satin binding. Made by Ellen Vaill Tisdale for her husband Charles. Ellen was born December 13, 1829, to Benjamin and Mary Derby Vaill in New York. She married on September 1, 1853 Charles Tisdale in Michigan. They had three children - Benjamin, Mark, and Mary.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: made at
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Victorian Needlework
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Mary Vaill Long
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T17599
label: accession number
content: 318024
label: catalog number
content: T17599
objectType: label: Object Name
content: eyeglass case
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 5/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 14.2875 cm x 8.89 cm