Crochet Hook with Case
date: label: date made
content: 1915-1925
notes: label: Description
content: Crochet hook with a celluloid handle and case. The “MEF / 10 / Pat. Aug. 17, 1915 DIADEM” inscription refers to Mary E. Fitch, a 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
topic: label: Subject
content: Sewing and Knitting
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1754
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1754
objectType: label: Object Name
content: crochet hook
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (handle and case material)
label: Physical Description
content: ferrous metal (hook material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (lining of case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11.5 cm x 2 cm x 1.2 cm; 4 1/2 in x 13/16 in x 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall; in case: 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 7/8 in; 1.27 cm x 11.43 cm x 2.2225 cm