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Needlework Kit
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- Date
- 1955 – 1975
- Material
- metal; fibre; paper; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0034
- Description
- In a flat, rectangular, beige and blue "SUCRETS" box are various bits and pieces of elastic, thread, yarn, buttons, needles stuck through cardboard, paper clips, and bandaids.
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- Title
- Needlework Kit
- Date
- 1955 – 1975
- Material
- metal; fibre; paper; plastic
- Dimensions
- 1.9 x 6.2 x 8.1 cm
- Description
- In a flat, rectangular, beige and blue "SUCRETS" box are various bits and pieces of elastic, thread, yarn, buttons, needles stuck through cardboard, paper clips, and bandaids.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- craft
- sewing
- travel
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0034
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0012 a,b
- Description
- A sewing basket or bag hand sewn from yellow print cotton. (a) the bag is print of floral bouquets on the outside, plain yellow cotton inside, a disc of card provides a bottom for the basket, and in the middle of it is an attached pin cushion corded to the card. Inside the bag are pockets which la…
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- Title
- Sewing Basket
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 6.2 cm
- Description
- A sewing basket or bag hand sewn from yellow print cotton. (a) the bag is print of floral bouquets on the outside, plain yellow cotton inside, a disc of card provides a bottom for the basket, and in the middle of it is an attached pin cushion corded to the card. Inside the bag are pockets which lap from the walls of the bag into which tape, buttons, etc., could be placed. Double draw strings can gather the bag to close it. (b) is a needle book of card covered with the same yellow floral print cotton and lined with plain yellow cotton, a cord holding in a piece of flannel into which needles can be placed. Never used, but there are a few pins in the built in pincushion, and a length of white satin ribbon in one of the pockets.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- sewing
- Edith Morse Robb
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0012 a,b
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- grass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0031
- Description
- A short, cylindrical, natural coloured basket with raffia flowers. Woven of coils of straw, stitched together with spiralling radial stitches. Large red, brown and blue raffia flowers decorate the sides of the basket and top of the lid with raffia stitching, "Eagle Nest, Bermuda" on l…
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- Title
- Sewing Basket
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- grass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 24.5 cm
- Description
- A short, cylindrical, natural coloured basket with raffia flowers. Woven of coils of straw, stitched together with spiralling radial stitches. Large red, brown and blue raffia flowers decorate the sides of the basket and top of the lid with raffia stitching, "Eagle Nest, Bermuda" on lid. Lined with white muslin which also covers false bottom. A series of muslin pockets run around entire circumference inside. Basket holds many spools of thread as well as various other sewing sundries (folding scissors, thimbles, pincushion).
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0031
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