Handled Rug Needle
MediumWood, Metal, Paper, Cardboard
ClassificationsTextileworking Tools and Equipment
Catalog number80.3.33 A - G
Description(A) Handle constricted oval in plan, black, hole drilled into handle vertically at working end. Metal collar fits over narrow end of handle and has set screw at right angles to hold needle into handle.(B) Point "No. 3" used for knitting worsted chromed steel bent open cylinder, narrower and reduced to point at one end, wider and more open at the other. Two holes occur on the flattened, closed surface of the needle, one near the point and one 3.5 cm away fits into handle (A).
(C) Same as B.
(D) Wide point probably for rug yarn. Chromed steel bent into open cylinder, narrower and reduced to point at one end, wider and more open at the other. Two holes occur on flattened, closed surface of needle, near the point and one 3.5 cm away. Fits into handle A.
(E) Long needle for long loops or deep pile. Size similar to that for knitting worsted. Chromed steel bent into open cylinder, narrower and reduced to point at one end, wider and more open at the other. Two holes occur on flattened, closed surface of needle, near the point and one 5 cm away. Fits into handle A.
(F) Instructions page and equipment list for "The Fleisher Parisian Rug Needle."
(G) Rectangular card board box opening at short end. Illustration of threaded needle, "Points patented Feb 21, 1922." "Fleisher" trademark other information and advertising in black ink on white background. Price tag reads: "The Broadway, Los Angeles. 75 D"
Status
Not on view
Date Unknown
Circa 1900
