Collection Highlights
The Lost Cause
Date:
1871
Object Number:
PR.068.19
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sewing set
Object Number:
INV.8233.2-57
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Cotton, silk, metal, ivory, paper, wool, linen
Dimensions:
overall (in box): 2 3/8 x 6 5/8 x 5 1/2 in. ( 6 x 16.8 x 14 cm )
Description:
Group of sewing tools and equipment, including the following: handmade linen bobbin lace of various lengths and designs, three needle books with needles, partially made cotton ric-rac lace, partially made doll clothes, a thimble, a pencil, a metal medallion, a blue velvet cloth patch lined with wool, five single cloth patches, two partially made patches, twenty-six patches of nine squares, and four lengths of sewn patchwork pieces.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
