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Housewife

Object/Artifact

Hand-sittched housewife stitched with linen except as noted : home-made (?) blue/white warp strip linene ticking back: bound with maroon silk that has a resist spot pattern - probably a bandana; applies on straight grain. There are 7 pockets, equal size, each a different block print on cotton. The facing at the top is a tan ground with pencil blue foliage and dark brown trailing vines. Made of English cotton. N/A

G2021.03.001

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1780 - 1800

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Sewing Tools

Sewing Implements

Housewife

Needle Case

Sewing

Needles

Printed Cotton

Hand-Stitched

Glazed Cotton

England

United Kingdom

Western Europe

Europe

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