Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Lady's companion [object].

Accession number
PML 252242
Published
[England] : [manufacturer not identified], [1830s-1850s?]
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Description
1 sewing kit
Inscriptions/Markings
Signature in pencil on verso of mirror: Mrs. Edward WIndle, Hall-Garth, Pickering.
Provenance
Mrs. Edward Windle; from the library of Julia P. Wightman, with her bookplate.
Summary
Traveling kit shaped like a book with twelve items used for sewing and personal care. Items include: silver embroidery scissors housed in original maroon leather folding pouch with 2 needles threaded through felt, mirror, silver button hook, silver penknife, silver and mother of pearl bodkin, silver needle case, silver earspoon/tweezers, silver thimble, glass and silver scent bottle, and silver measuring tape with pink ribbon. All items are housed in their original brown morocco stamped in gilt, red, blue, and green Victorian decorated case with red velvet lined compartments.
Classification
Department