Souvenir Needle and Thread Case
MediumPaper, Cotton, Metal staple
Dimensions4 x 5 cm.
ClassificationsTextileworking Tools and Equipment
Catalog number80.3.36
DescriptionPiece of white cardboard folded like a match book, with flap tucking into slot in lower edge. Inside are five 2-ply silk mending threads which are wrapped around a small piece of cardboard covered with textured gold foil and stapled to the main cover. Thread colors are dark green, white, beige, black, and olive green. Full side has a printed image outlined in brown and pink with purple fill depicting a Spanish woman wearing a large hoop dress, holding a large fan, and wearing a large comb in her hair.
Folding side has printed advertising text within pink and brown border, and fold-up flap has printed trademark information.
Status
Not on view
Union Loomworks
c. 1900
c. 1900
c. 1900
