On View
Not on viewNeedle Cases
Artist
Mary Wright Alsop
1740 - 1829
Date1800 - 1815
Terms
- Needle Cases
- Silk Fiber
- Mother-Of-Pearl
- Thread
- Oil Cloth
- Middletown
Dimensions5.08 × 7.61 cm (2 × 3 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Everett Parker (1990)
Object number1990.5
DescriptionSilk, oil cloth. A small folding case, white oil cloth with a covering of polychrome knit silk worked in horizontal bands of geometric and floral designs. Contains a mother-of-pearl spool with thread. Original description also noted a curved needle which is not located.
Collections
- Historic Clothing
Object number: PER2190.1