Collection Highlights
Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën... Volume 5, part 1 (deel 5, stuk 1)
Date:
1724-1726
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1724.V
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Case
Object Number:
2003.43d
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Silk, cardboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 9.5 x 7 cm )
Marks:
stamped: "STERLING"
Description:
Green moiré silk fabric case with peach colored lining and peach ribbon tie closure.
Gallery Label:
This case holds three sterling silver bodkins that belonged to Emma Corby Hoyt (1855-1937) of Brooklyn, New York, who used them to make baby clothes. They were donated by her great-granddaughter. The bodkin --a blunt needle with a large eye for drawing tape or ribbon through a loop or hem -- was an essential needlework tool for sewing the heavily eyeleted, looped, and laced-together fashions dominating the nineteenth century.
Credit Line:
Gift of Barbara Taylor Hackney
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
