Skeins of chenille embroidery yarns

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Description:

Skeins of chenille and worsted embroidery yarns. Packages marked "Utopia Brand", "L.S. & B., N.Y.", and "H.E.F., New York"; in yellow, dark green, and dark red. Found in the attic of "Hill House", "the Shadows", Alexandria, Virginia. Family line runs from Ida Melissa Hill (b.1850) to Melissa Lovejoy Hill (b. 1877) to Harriet L. Hill (b. 1912). Any of these women might have used these yarns in their embroidery. Chenille work was popular from the mid 19th century into the 20th.

Date Made: ca. 1875 - ca. 1910

Location: Currently not on view

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles, Textiles

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Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Malcolm Westcott Hill

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.T12652.00ACatalog Number: T12652.00AAccession Number: 235870

Object Name: Yarn, Embroidery Chenille

Physical Description: chenille yarn (overall material)paper (overall material)yellow (overall color)dark red (overall color)dark green (overall color)Measurements: overall: 2 in x 4 in x 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 10.16 cm x 1.27 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-85ad-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_629913

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