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Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum > Records

TOOL, SEWING KIT

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Overview

An unusual item of sewing equipment which can be clamped to a tabletop was purchased at an antique shop in the UK. Carved from a single piece of bone, it includes a bulbous pin cushion at the top and a tiny needle case and lid within a filigree cylinder. The lower section has decorative bands above and below a cut out section to fit onto a table with a large carved screw to tighten the clamp. The three parts screw together to make the whole.

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cwa-org-78-2023.57

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Last modified

Monday, 18 August, 2025

Completeness

61

Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum

Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum

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Table top sewing kit

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Table top sewing kit detail

Table top sewing kit detail

Table top sewing kit detail

Table top sewing kit detail

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