Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1974.079.020 |
Object Name |
Needle, Leatherworking |
Title |
Three Inch Needle |
Lexicon category |
4: T&E For Materials |
Date |
pre-1914 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
England, United Kingdom? |
Description |
This is a square needle, used when sewing leather or canvas. It is three inches long. |
Provenance |
Unknown. May have belonged initially to Ebenezer Bishop, an Owen Sound harnessmaker in the 1850s-1890s (d. 1914). It next belonged to Allan Kilbourn Bishop and Florence Bishop (neé Earley), who married in 1888. Allan K. Bishop was an Owen Sound merchant, who died in 1923. Last owned by their daugher, Jean Bishop of Owen Sound, Grey County. |
Collection |
Textiles, Needlework & Accessories Collection |
Material |
Metal |
Dimensions |
L-7.5 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Bishop, Ebenezer Bishop, Allan Kilbourn Bishop, Jean |
Subjects |
Harnesses Leather industry |