Case, Needle

Poplarware needle case, Mount Lebanon, NY

ca. 1930

Object ID:
1979.19122.1
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Makers
Wetherell, Martha (1855-1944)
Description

Needle case with cover of woven poplar dyed pink, yellow, and green and lined with silk. Contains two "leaves" of tan flannel, all tied with pink ribbon. Cover edged with skiver white kid leather. Contains 12 needles.

Notes

The donor stated that the object was given to her by Sister Martha Wetherell, and that she understood that Sister Martha made it in about 1930.

New York Mount Lebanon

New York Mount Lebanon

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