Ivory sewing thread reel
Ivory sewing thread reel
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- Description (Brief)
- Ivory sewing thread reel, for holding several colors of thread in a needlework workbox. Thin ivory shaft with six discs dividing It into 5 sections.Possibly part of a fitted 19th century Chinese-made workbox.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Reel
- thread reel
- Physical Description
- ivory (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 13/16 in x 1 1/8 in; 17.28978 cm x 2.8575 cm
- ID Number
- 1986.0696.22
- catalog number
- 1986.0696.22
- accession number
- 1986.0696
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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