Heritage Center Museum of Lancaster County ; Donning Co.,
Date of Publication
c1996.
Physical Description
87 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Exhibit April 19 through December 30, 1996 at the Heritage Center Museum ... Lancaster, Pennsylvania"--t.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 84) and index.
Contents
Contents : "The ornamental branches": needlework and arts from the Lititz Moravian Girls' School between 1800 and 1865 --- Lititz Day School roster: 1808 to 1840 --- Lititz Boarding School roster: 1794 to 1840 --- Geographic origin of boarding students -- Endnotes.
Summary
Issued as part of the 250th anniversary celebration of Linden Hall, the school these young crafters attended in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Includes school rosters from the early 1800s, as well as lists of the geographic origins of the boarding students.
Needlework in oak frame showing house, antlered deer, and date of 1887. Also contains ancient Hebrew words translated as "Swift like the deer." Bold blue paper border with small brown paper scherenschnitte in each corner. Writing on brown paper backing.
Date Range
1887
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 5
Storage Cabinet
Unit 42
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Storage Drawer
Bin 2-J
Object Name
Needlework
Object ID
2023.030.001
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Set of tatting tools, nickel silver plated steel, has four pieces. Each piece has in common the shaped and decorated portions, the handles of the three tools and the needle case body. This feature is a flattened octagonal shape in cross-section, with successive divots ground out with a round grinding wheel. Handles and case all taper along their length.
A. Needle case is 2.75" long and .375" wide. At the heavier end of case is a fitted cap that slides onto a smaller male extension protruding from main body. Seam visible along sides where both halves of case have been joined.
B. Hook on handle is 4" long and .25" wide. Tapers from handle end down to where shaft is attached. Shaft has ball-and-ring at handle, a slight swell along length and a minute hook at tip.
C. Awl is 3.625" long and .25" wide. Same handle as above. Shaft is similar in shape except heavier and shorter and has a sharp tip.
D. Threading tool(?) is 3" long and .5" long. Same handle as above. Shaft is shorter and has a large open loop in a teardrop shape.
Provenance
Collected by Lillian Hollings Kiker, born to Scottish Americans who lived in New Jersey. Born (1912) and lived in New Jersey, last of Egg Harbor, she was active with quilting, sewing, knitting & crocheting. Collection inherited by donor when her mother passed away.
Cast silver wax holder in shape of a small walnut. Identical halves of nut are attached at one end and partially open at the other. Interior is filled with beeswax for drawing thread through, and multiple score marks are evident in wax. Hanging ring at fixed end.
Wooden etui or case sewing tools. Hinged case of rosewood? has a trapezoid shape and opens to reveal a thimble, scissors, a bodkin and a needle case, all made of silver, likely plated. Each tool fits in a recessed shape of the tool itself. Wooden case has an inlaid rose on the top.
Date Range
Later 19th c.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 19
Storage Container
Box 1002: Sewing & Needlework
Object Name
Kit, Needlework
Oither Names
Sewing Kit
Material
Wood, Silver
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2017-05-17
Condition Notes
Wood is has surface wear and cracking, especially the top side with the rose inlay.
Direction Sheet for "A PA Dutch Parrot in Crewel." Tri-fold printed directions including historical notes. Drawings and directions for stitches and illustrations. Project sales benefit " the Penn-Dutch region of the Pa. Federation of Junior Historians.
(Probably part of a kit including crewel yarns & fabric with design. Brochure says "Hoop and needle not included.")
Randy E. Newcomer; Printer: A REN design. Copyright 1976: LancCtyHistSoc
Pa Dutch parrot stitched in colorful crewel yarns. Tightly-woven off-white cotton fabric. Dried glue band (1/4 to 1/2 inch wide) around edges to prevent fraying. Holes along vertical edges where fabric was tacked to frame to be tight for stitching.
