Needle case and contents

Museum number:
2-63585
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020063585
Alternate number:
2856# (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Needlecase and contents. Materials: silk over paper. Techniques: Satin weave, embroidered. Colors: pale blue ground and red, yellow, white and green designs. 3” x 4” x 1”, closed. Remarks: Floral motives; contents include needles, silk yarns and a portion of a Victorian show program. Date made: 19th century?
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
United States
Verbatim coll. place:
?
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Needle cases
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Needle case and contents, accession number 2-63585, described as Needlecase and contents. Materials: silk over paper. Techniques: Satin weave, embroidered. Colors: pale blue ground and red, yellow, white and green designs. 3” x 4” x 1”, closed. Remarks: Floral motives; contents include needles, silk yarns and a portion of a Victorian show program. Date made: 19th century?Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Needle case and contents, accession number 2-63585, described as Needlecase and contents. Materials: silk over paper. Techniques: Satin weave, embroidered. Colors: pale blue ground and red, yellow, white and green designs. 3” x 4” x 1”, closed. Remarks: Floral motives; contents include needles, silk yarns and a portion of a Victorian show program. Date made: 19th century?
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle case and contents, accession number 2-63585, described as Needlecase and contents. Materials: silk over paper. Techniques: Satin weave, embroidered. Colors: pale blue ground and red, yellow, white and green designs. 3” x 4” x 1”, closed. Remarks: Floral motives; contents include needles, silk yarns and a portion of a Victorian show program. Date made: 19th century?

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